 Comment on Jill Khadduri's “should the housing voucher program become a state‐administered block grant?”John Sidor Housing Policy Debate, 2003, vol. 14, issue 3, 295-303 Abstract: Although the current voucher program may not be in crisis, it has several characteristics that can significantly weaken its effectiveness. The fundamental weakness of the program probably resides in the connection between the narrow geographic scope of most current administering agencies and the need for better access to higher‐quality neighborhoods with better employment opportunities. Examining current practices of the states that now administer a significant number of vouchers suggests that a state block grant can improve access to better communities, help overcome the diseconomies of scale and overlapping jurisdictions that substantially mark the current program, and facilitate linkage to other services for lower‐income people. Assuming that states are given the option to administer a block grant, transition rules need not be complex and time‐consuming. A successful transition may depend on the flexibility provided in a block grant and a successful resolution of administrative cost issues. Date: 2003 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:houspd:v:14:y:2003:i:3:p:295-303 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2003.9521478 Access Statistics for this article Housing Policy Debate is currently edited by Tom Sanchez, Susanne Viscarra and Derek Hyra More articles in Housing Policy Debate from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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