Do Housing Allowances Work?
Do Housing Allowances Work?

Author: Katharine L. Bradbury

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 456

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Conference report on ramifications of a national level housing social assistance programme in the USA - discusses housing needs and supply, programme evaluation, implications for housing policy, participation, effects of public expenditure housing subsidies on consumer expenditure, and market for housing, administrative aspects, etc. Bibliography pp. 409 to 412. List of participants. Conference held in Washington 1979 Nov.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 1250

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

Price Increases Caused by Housing Assistance Programs
Price Increases Caused by Housing Assistance Programs

Author: C. Peter Rydell

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 638

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Two contrasting methods of subsidizing existing housing are "housing allowances," which rely on the discipline of the market to control price increases, and "Section 8 assistance," which uses institutional regulations to control them. Contrary to preprogram predictions, evidence from actual program operations shows that the market outperforms regulation. Housing allowances cause a 2 percent increase, while Section 8 assistance causes a 26 percent increase, in the price of participants' housing. The Section 8 price increases mean that a substantial portion of the federal subsidy is diverted from participants to their landlords. To prevent that diversion, the Section 8 rules could be revised as follows: structure the subsidy so tenants pay the marginal rent dollar; pay the subsidy directly to tenants so they know they pay the marginal rent dollar; and remove the rent ceiling so it can no longer act as a rent target.