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Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding

July 22, 2021 | Sonya Acosta and Erik Gartland

Due to limited program funding, families struggling to afford housing that manage to get off the waiting list for a Housing Choice Voucher must typically wait for years before receiving a voucher,...

Extending Eviction Moratorium Helpful Now, But Long-Term Housing Crisis Requires Voucher Expansion

June 24, 2021

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Appropriations Provide Opportunity to Reduce Housing Hardship

July 1, 2021

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More Housing Vouchers Needed to Help People With Disabilities Afford Stable Homes in the Community

July 6, 2021

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People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness Should Be a Priority in State COVID-19 Responses

June 10, 2020

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More Housing Vouchers: Most Important Step to Help More People Afford Stable Homes

May 13, 2021 | Will Fischer, Sonya Acosta and Erik Gartland

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An Agenda for the Future of Public Housing

March 11, 2021 | Will Fischer, Sonya Acosta and Anna Bailey

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2019 Income-Rent Gap Underscores Need for Rental Assistance, Census Data Show

September 18, 2020 | Erik Gartland

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Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding

July 22, 2021

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Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships

July 20, 2021

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Three in Four Low-Income At-Risk Renters Do Not Receive Federal Rental Assistance

July 16, 2021

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Widespread Economic Insecurity Pre-Pandemic Shows Need for Strong Recovery Package

July 14, 2021

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Emergency Vouchers Can Help Seniors and People With Disabilities Live in Safer, Community-Based Settings

July 12, 2021

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More Housing Vouchers Needed to Help People With Disabilities Afford Stable Homes in the Community

July 6, 2021

Policy Basics

Federal rental assistance enables 5 million low-income households to afford modest homes, and three major programs — Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing — assist 90 percent of them.

We work with state and local housing agencies and advocates to improve the effectiveness of federal low-income housing programs, and we study how well-designed housing assistance programs can advance such goals as reducing concentrations of poverty.

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Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding

Due to limited program funding, families struggling to afford housing that manage to get off the waiting list for a Housing Choice Voucher must typically wait for years before receiving a...

Widespread Economic Insecurity Pre-Pandemic Shows Need for Strong Recovery Package

For the many lower- and middle-income families whose finances were tenuous even before the COVID-19 pandemic or whose wages stalled in recent decades even as the economy grew, recovery proposals from...

Emergency Vouchers Can Help Seniors and People With Disabilities Live in Safer, Community-Based Settings

As of July 1 public housing agencies can begin using the American Rescue Plan’s 70,000 emergency housing vouchers to serve people experiencing or at risk of homelessness — including many seniors...

More Housing Vouchers Needed to Help People With Disabilities Afford Stable Homes in the Community

Safe, affordable housing remains out of reach for millions of people with disabilities and their families. As Congress considers recovery legislation, lawmakers have a historic opportunity to address...

Appropriations Provide Opportunity to Reduce Housing Hardship

As Congress begins work on fiscal year 2022 spending bills, President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget provides a good starting point for reducing housing hardship through Department of Housing...

Extending Eviction Moratorium Helpful Now, But Long-Term Housing Crisis Requires Voucher Expansion

The Biden Administration will reportedly extend its evictions moratorium one month past its scheduled expiration June 30. For now, this will protect the 10 million-plus adult renters who live in...

Why Expanding Housing Choice Vouchers Is Essential to Ending Homelessness

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this timely and important topic. My name is Ann Oliva; I am a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Center is an...

Recovery Legislation Provides Historic Opportunity to Advance Racial Equity

The nation now needs to make investments in children, workers, and health care that will enable more people to reach their full...

Rental Markets Can Absorb Many Additional Housing Vouchers

Enacting a major expansion of the Housing Choice Voucher Program in recovery legislation is the single most important housing policy lawmakers can adopt to help people with low incomes afford housing...

Large-Scale Investment in Rental Assistance Needed for Equitable Recovery

While the President’s American Jobs Plan includes critical resources to renovate existing public housing and develop more affordable housing, it fails to adequately invest in expanding rental...

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