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Tracking mobility in the housing choice voucher program: a household level examination in Florida, USA

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  • Ruoniu Wang
  • Rebecca J. Walter

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Previous research on the housing choice voucher (HCV) program has focused on neighbourhoods where voucher holders reside at one point of time. Little is known about mobility of voucher households during their tenure in the program. Using an administrative dataset that spans 11 years for the state of Florida, this study evaluates how often voucher households move and their mobility outcomes, measured by the change of neighbourhood poverty. Findings reveal that HCV households moved frequently beginning in the early years of program participation. Between 2007 and 2013 there was a notable decrease of voucher presence in high-poverty areas. Regression analysis further suggests that rental housing market conditions are significantly associated with mobility outcomes. White, non-Hispanic households and those with higher incomes were more likely to move to lower poverty neighbourhoods, whereas disabled and formerly homeless households moved more frequently and were not as successful in accessing lower poverty areas.

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  • Ruoniu Wang & Rebecca J. Walter, 2018. "Tracking mobility in the housing choice voucher program: a household level examination in Florida, USA," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 455-475, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:33:y:2018:i:3:p:455-475
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1347608
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    1. Cassandra Johnson Gaither & Denzell A. Cross & G. Rebecca Dobbs, 2022. "Exploring Transiency in Four Urban Forest Patch Neighborhoods: Atlanta, Georgia, USA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Ruoniu Wang & Rebecca Walter & Abdulnaser Arafat & Jie Song, 2019. "Understanding the role of life events on residential mobility for low-income, subsidised households," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(8), pages 1628-1646, June.

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