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The impact of source of income laws on voucher utilization

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Vouchers are lauded both for being the most efficient way of delivering housing assistance to needy households and for the potential to allow poor households to access better neighborhoods. The success of vouchers is of course predicated on recipients being able to successfully use a voucher. For a number of reasons, including discrimination by landlords on the basis of source of income (i.e. a voucher), voucher recipients frequently cannot find apartments to lease. Using a difference-in-differences approach the research reported here examines how Source of Income anti-discrimination laws affect the utilization of housing vouchers. The findings indicate that utilization rates are higher among Local Housing Authorities in jurisdictions with Source of Income anti-discrimination laws. These findings suggest such laws can be an effective tool for increasing the rate at which vouchers are successfully utilized. In a time of scarce resources for affordable housing this is an important policy tool that should not be over looked.

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  • Lance Freeman, 2011. "The impact of source of income laws on voucher utilization," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 297-318, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:22:y:2011:i:2:p:297-318
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.648210
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    1. Vincent J Reina & Ben Winter, 2019. "Safety net? The use of vouchers when a place-based rental subsidy ends," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(10), pages 2092-2111, August.
    2. Megan E. Hatch, 2017. "Statutory Protection for Renters: Classification of State Landlord–Tenant Policy Approaches," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 98-119, January.

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