Published in:Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy ; No. 48
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (58 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2255799
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Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 30, 2017 erstellt
Description:
U.S. housing voucher holders pay their landlord a fraction of household income and the government pays the rest, up to a rent ceiling. We study how two types of changes to the rent ceiling affect landlords and tenants. A policy that makes vouchers more generous across a metro area benefits landlords through increased rents, with minimal impact on neighborhood and unit quality. A second policy that indexes rent ceilings to neighborhood rents leads voucher holders to move in higher-quality neighborhoods with lower crime, poverty and unemployment