Recent events have brought attention to the millions of Americans who struggle to find and
pay for housing. Housing has historically been of interest to sociologists, but it has long been …

The housing choice voucher program was designed with two main goals in mind: to
eliminate concentrations of poverty and the social problems it causes and to provide poor …

Moving to Opportunity tackles one of America's most enduring dilemmas: the great,
unresolved question of how to overcome persistent ghetto poverty. Launched in 1994, the …

Individuals participating in the HUD Housing Choice Voucher program, formerly Section 8,
can rent units in the private market and are not tied to public housing projects in a specific …

The city is a paradoxical space, in theory belonging to everyone, in practice inaccessible to
people who cannot afford the high price of urban real estate. Within these urban spaces are …

This paper considers an unexamined mechanism in the selection processes that sort the
urban poor into different neighborhood environments: the landlord. Scholars of poverty and …

Problem: Housing programs of the past have exacerbated the problems of concentrated
poverty. Current housing programs serving very low-income households, including …

ABSTRACT To succeed, the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program must be attractive to
rental property owners. When landlords refuse to accept subsidized renters, lease-up rates …

Public housing, usually located in predominantly poor, minority neighborhoods, has long
been associated with concentrated poverty and spatially constraining opportunities for …

Abstract The Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is now 20 years old. With
the maturing of the program, the use of tax credits has become commonplace in the …