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The Relationship Between Exits From Federally Subsidized Housing and Wages, King County, WA

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  • Danny V. Colombara
  • Emilee L. Quinn
  • Annie Pennucci
  • Andy Chan
  • Tyler Shannon
  • Samuel Havens
  • Amy A. Laurent
  • Megan Suter
  • Alastair I. Matheson

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Federally subsidized housing programs aim for economic self-sufficiency. We modeled housing exit type’s relationship with wage income using public housing authority exit data and Washington State wage data. Our cohort included 1,974 exits. Positive exits had higher mean wages ($8,392 vs. $6,643 and $6,253) and working hours (432 vs. 373 and 355) compared to neutral and negative exits, respectively. Households with positive exits were more likely to earn a living wage (33.5%) than those with neutral (16.9%) or negative (15.1%) exits. According to our model, positive exits earned an additional $1,593 (95% confidence interval: $1,031, $2,156) per quarter compared to negative exits. Wages among positive exits were substantially higher than those among neutral exits for four quarters before and after exit; wages among neutral exits were slightly higher than those for negative exits. These methods can assess the impact of programs targeting economic self-sufficiency among housing support recipients.

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  • Danny V. Colombara & Emilee L. Quinn & Annie Pennucci & Andy Chan & Tyler Shannon & Samuel Havens & Amy A. Laurent & Megan Suter & Alastair I. Matheson, 2024. "The Relationship Between Exits From Federally Subsidized Housing and Wages, King County, WA," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 286-304, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:34:y:2024:i:3:p:286-304
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2023.2299247
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