An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States
- Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
- Discussion Paper
- 2011
Housing Assistance
There are three primary federal housing assistance programs in the United States: the Housing Choice Voucher (or “Section 8”) Program, which provides vouchers for housing selected by recipients in the private market; project-based rental assistance, which provides subsidized rent in designated privately owned buildings; and public housing, which provides subsidized rent in publicly owned and operated housing.
The Benefits and Costs of the Section 8 Housing Subsidy Program: A Framework and First-Year Estimates
- Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- 2010
Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Labor Market Outcomes
- Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Tom Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- 2009