How Do Changes in Housing Voucher Design Affect Rent and Neighborhood Quality?

Robert Collinson and Peter Ganong

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, 62-89

Abstract: US 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 into higher quality neighborhoods with lower crime, poverty, and unemployment.

JEL-codes: I38 R23 R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150176
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