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Housing Allowances

Journal Article
Do the Joneses Help You Keep Up? A Natural Experiment in Exposure to Nonpoor Neighbors
We interviewed 453 public housing residents about their social networks. Adults who lived in scattered public housing vs. clustered reported a lower proportion of low-socioeconomic status social ties and neighbors in their social networks.
Jul 13, 2023
News Release
L.A. Program to Divert Homeless from Jail into Supportive Housing Decreases Use of County Services
A program that diverts some people with a history of homelessness from Los Angeles County jails into permanent supportive housing can significantly lower taxpayer spending on services such as hospital care and shelter use.
Aug 16, 2022
Research Brief
Supportive Housing Program Broke the Jail-to-Homeless Cycle and Mostly Paid for Itself
The Just in Reach Pay for Success program diverted people with a history of homelessness from Los Angeles County jails into permanent supportive housing. It achieved a one-year housing stability rate of 82 percent. And most of its costs were offset by a reduction in the use of other county services.
Aug 16, 2022
Report
Just in Reach Pay for Success: Impact Evaluation and Cost Analysis of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program
This report examines a Los Angeles County initiative to provide long-term housing and supportive services as an alternative to jail for individuals with a history of homelessness and chronic behavioral or physical health conditions.
Aug 15, 2022
Report
Pima County Housing First Initiative: Final Evaluation Report Fall 2021
The authors present the final evaluation of the Pima County Housing First Initiative, which offers permanent supportive housing and case management for individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system and have experienced homelessness.
Dec 29, 2021
Commentary
Transforming the Housing Choice Voucher System in California
What are the impacts and shortcomings of the housing choice voucher (HCV) program, and what are the potential effects of reforms to stabilize access to affordable housing for the most-vulnerable Californians?
Sep 29, 2021
Journal Article
The Relationship Between Quality of Housing and Quality of Life: Evidence from Permanent Supportive Housing
This study describes a PSH program administered by a Medicaid managed care plan, serving individuals experiencing homelessness with complex medical histories, and outlines participants' perceptions on the relationship between quality of housing and QOL.
Jun 9, 2021
Journal Article
A Qualitative Evaluation of Housing for Health in Los Angeles County
This study uses data from 14 qualitative interviews with senior leaders and nine focus groups with tenants and program staff to understand tenant experiences with permanent supportive housing programs, as they relate to care coordination.
Apr 13, 2021
Report
Breaking Barriers: A Rapid Rehousing and Employment Pilot Program for Adults on Probation in Los Angeles County: Evaluation Report
This report presents early findings on the progress of the Breaking Barriers program, which provides Los Angeles County adults on probation with a time-limited housing subsidy, case management, and employment supports.
Mar 31, 2020
Tool
Sharing and Integrating HIV Client Data Across Provider Organizations to Improve Service Coordination
Recognizing the potential power of close collaboration, two federal programs that provide support to low-income people with HIV came together to determine how they could integrate data to improve outcomes for individuals with HIV who also experience housing instability. This toolkit, the result of that project, is an effort to demystify the data integration process and help others share data and coordinate services across providers.
Nov 7, 2019
Journal Article
Encouraging Residential Moves to Opportunity Neighborhoods: An Experiment Testing Incentives Offered to Housing Voucher Recipients
Given the potential benefits of upwardly mobile residential moves, housing practitioners should continue testing policies to facilitate voucher-based opportunity moves.
Jan 24, 2017
Report
Price effects of housing allowances
The Housing Assistance Supply Experiment showed that housing allowances do not cause serious price increases, contrary to many pre-experiment predictions. Empirical observation and theoretical analyses both indicate that even during the initial, max...
Jan 1, 1982
Report
Experimenting with Housing Allowances: Executive Summary
Summarizes and interprets the findings of the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE), conducted in two metropolitan housing markets between 1974 and 1980.
Jan 1, 1982
Report
Who Applies for Housing Allowances? : Early Lessons from the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment
Examines factors affecting an eligible household's decision to apply for a housing allowance during the first program year in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
Jan 1, 1981
Report
Testing the supply response to housing allowances : an experimental design
Proposes an experimental design for testing supply response to housing allowance demand. Problems include (1) quantifying changes in housing service flow, (2) creating a small-scale market, (3) focusing and stabilizing demand, (4) observing response...
Jan 1, 1981
Report
Funding housing allowances for homeowners under Sec. 235
Explores the feasibility of providing homeowners' housing allowances in the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE) through an existing program of mortgage subsidies for low-income homeowners, Sec. 235 of the National Housing Act. Compares the ...
Jan 1, 1980
Report
Public perceptions of housing allowances : the first two years
Public perceptions of housing allowances : the first two years
Jan 1, 1979
Report
Expected and Actual Effects of Housing Allowances on Housing Prices
Reviews the conjectures about allowances' market effects, summarizes evidence from the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment, and explains why the allowance program has not engendered the price inflation that was expected.
Jan 1, 1979
Report
How Housing Allowances Affect Housing Prices
Examines experimental evidence from fullscale housing allowance programs conducted in Brown County, Wisconsin, and St. Joseph County, Indiana.
Jan 1, 1979