Experimenting with Housing Allowances

Executive Summary

Ira S. Lowry

ResearchPublished 1982

Summarizes and interprets the findings of the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE), conducted in two metropolitan housing markets between 1974 and 1980 as part of a broader effort to test the concept of housing allowances as a method for delivering housing assistance to low-income households. Sponsored by HUD, the experiment was designed to determine how a full-scale, permanent program would affect the housing markets and communities in which it operated. Reported findings cover the following topics: eligibility and participation; effects on participants; market and neighborhood effects; community attitudes; and program administration. A final section summarizes lessons from the experiment that are relevant to federal housing policy. Also included is a selected bibliography of HASE publications.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1982
  • Pages: 94
  • Document Number: R-2880-HUD

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Lowry, Ira S., Experimenting with Housing Allowances: Executive Summary. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1982. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2880.html.
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