Monitoring the housing allowance program in St. Joseph County, Indiana : January-June 1976

Describes community events, activities, and attitudes that may affect the experimental housing allowance program in St. Joseph County, Indiana, or bear on research issues addressed by the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE). The Note first gives a brief statistical overview of program operations. Next it summarizes important events affecting the program; describes reactions of individuals and groups in South Bend to the program and assesses community opinion, confusion, and misinformation about it; evaluates presentations made by the housing allowance office to community groups; and analyzes media reports. Finally, the Note covers issues pertinent to HASE research and considers how the program affects and is affected by market intermediaries' policies. An appendix provides a sampler of local press clippings from the South Bend Tribune on community reaction to the program.