“…A number of controlled, longitudinal studies have been conducted that clearly demonstrate that housing subsidy programs are successful in enabling consumers to gain access to, and to maintain, stable housing (Dickey et al, 1996;Dickey, Latimer, Powers, Gonzalez, & Goldfinger, 1997;Goldfinger et al, 1997;Goldfinger et al, 1999;Gulcur, Stefancic, Shinn, Tsemberis, & Fischer, 2003;Hurlburt, Wood, & Hough, 1996;Newman, Reschovsky, Kaneda, & Hendrick, 1994;Rog & Randolph, 2002;Rosenheck, Kasprow, Frisman, & Liu-Mares, 2003;Shern et al, 1997;Tsemberis, 1999;Tsemberis & Eisenberg, 2000;Tsemberis, Gulcur, & Nakae, 2004;Tsemberis, Moran, Shinn, Asmussen, & Shern, 2003). These programs include Section 8 certificates in the United States that enable people "to pay a fixed 30% of their income for a private rental unit" (Hurlburt et al, 1996, p. 310).…”