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.
A New Era in Poverty Policy? The Social Safety Net in the Second Trump Administration
- Bradley Hardy, Pamela Herd, Josh McCabe, Angela Rachidi
- Webinar
- January 22 2025
Katherine Michelmore On Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Housing Stability for Low-Income Families
- Katherine Michelmore
- Podcasts
- October 02 2024
Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 40(1), September 2024: Housing Precarity: When Renters Struggle to Find and Keep a Home
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2024
Approaches to Reducing Administrative Burdens in Accessing and Maintaining Services from Government Agencies and Public Programs
- Carolyn Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, Meredith Dost, and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- September 25 2024
Housing Voucher Lease-Up Rates
- Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, and Sarah Strochak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2024
Eviction, Gentrification, and Renter Displacement
- Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2024
Carl Gershenson On Eviction and the Rental Housing Crisis in the Rural United States
- Carl Gershenson
- Podcasts
- July 17 2024
Policy and Practice Approaches To Supporting Low-income Renters At Risk of Eviction
- Michael Lens, Eva Rosen, and Jennifer Prusak
- Webinar
- June 12 2024
Supporting Youth Exiting Foster Care: What Works and What Is Still Needed
- Melanie Nadon, Hui Huang, Angelique Day, and Sarah Font
- Webinar
- May 03 2023
Elizabeth Linos on Reducing Stigma To Increase Participation in Safety Net Programs
- Elizabeth Linos
- Podcasts
- March 14 2023