Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher Program

Graves, Erin

doi:10.1080/10511482.2015.1072573

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“…Researchers began to recognize the constrained choices that many families encounter in relocating out of highly concentrated poor neighborhoods (Goetz 2003; South and Crowder 1998). Studies illustrated how voucher holders continually confronted structural and programmatic barriers that prevented them from accessing low-poverty neighborhoods (Graves 2015). In addition to discrimination, inadequate transportation and the scarcity of suitable dwelling units formed the main structural barriers to mobility into low-poverty neighborhoods, especially in tight housing markets (Basolo and Nguyen 2005; McClure 2008; Pendall 2000).…”

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Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders

Graves

2018

Journal of Planning Literature

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Many people poised to move through housing choice voucher programs cite violence as a primary factor in their decision-making. This study synthesizes a body of qualitative data to explore how participants recount their experiences with neighborhood violence and analyzes its relationship to residential decision-making. We find that while participants expressed a desire to move to improve their circumstances, they also recounted how neighborhood violence constrained choice by influencing a multitude of factors in the decision-making process. This shows the stress neighborhood violence places on households and how neighborhood factors constrain housing choice.

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Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders

Graves

2018

Journal of Planning Literature

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“…From the landlords’ perspective, those who are willing to accept HCV holders have to bear an additional burden of costs associated with secondary inspection—lost time and expenditures if improvements are required—that is to determine whether their units meet HCV program guidelines for unit quality and safety. Because of these extra burdens on landlords, the HCV program tends to rely on a landlord’s sense of mission or charity, particularly in tight rental housing markets (Graves 2016; Marr 2005), which suggests that a housing voucher may not function fully as a tool to increase housing options. However, studies also have shown that in weak rental markets, the guaranteed partial rent that housing vouchers provide motivates landlords to accept HCV holders (Desmond and Perkins 2016; Galvez 2010).…”

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“…However, despite this policy expectation, recent studies have shown that a significant proportion of households in housing programs still suffer from housing-related hardships (Brisson and Covert 2015; Dawkins and Jeon 2018; Eggers 2017; Graves 2016). Some tend to leave their programs involuntarily and confront high levels of housing instability (Smith et al 2015).…”

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To Whom Do Housing Policies Provide Stable Housing? Examining Housing Assistance Recipients and Leavers

Kang

2020

Urban Affairs Review

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By analyzing the Panel Study of Income Dynamics data combined with the Assisted Housing Database, this study explores the associations between the five statuses related to receiving or leaving from a certain type of housing assistance and the subsequent housing instability experience. These statuses include households that (1) reside in a public or project-based subsidized housing (PH) unit, (2) leave a PH unit, (3) receive a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), (4) withdraw from the HCV program, and (5) are unsubsidized but income-eligible to receive housing assistance. The results reveal that, although all subsidized households tend to experience less housing instability than do income-eligible, unsubsidized households, HCV recipients are relatively more likely to experience housing instability than are PH residents. In addition, the likelihood of experiencing housing instability among PH and HCV leavers does not differ significantly from the likelihood among the unsubsidized households, suggesting that they may leave their programs prematurely.

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“…Despite these protections, the rising cost of housing, threats to funding, expiring contracts with development owners, discrimination against program participants, and long (or in some cases closed) waiting lists are consistently identified as barriers to program utilization (Barata & Stewart, 2010;Graves, 2016;Rice, 2011Rice, , 2015Teater, 2010), especially in larger cities. Section 8 programs have typically fared better in rural communities due to their low population density, high rental vacancies, and lower rents, allowing local landlords and developers to benefit from the additional incentives Section 8 programs provide (Komadina, McNally, & Young, 2014).…”

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“…Section 8 programs have typically fared better in rural communities due to their low population density, high rental vacancies, and lower rents, allowing local landlords and developers to benefit from the additional incentives Section 8 programs provide (Komadina, McNally, & Young, 2014). Nevertheless, estimates suggest only one in four eligible families in the United States actually receives needed rental assistance (Fischer & Sard, 2017), and other studies show sometimes as many as 30% to 50% of awarded vouchers go unused (Graves, 2016;Komadina et al, 2014).…”

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Oil Development and Intimate Partner Violence: Implementation of Section 8 Housing Policies in the Bakken Region of North Dakota and Montana

Jayasundara

Legerski

Danis

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J Interpers Violence

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One of the challenges survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) often face is securing safe and affordable housing. Many survivors qualify for public housing programs such as the Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program and tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP). These programs can be vital for survivors fleeing abuse and trying to rebuild their lives. But how might regional conditions such as rapid population growth resulting from an oil boom affect the implementation of such programs for survivors? In addition, what role might such policies play in preventing future violence in resource boom communities? Analyzing existing policies and qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews with survivors, community members, and service providers in the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana, we evaluate the implementation of Section 8 housing programs in oil-affected communities for survivors of IPV. We find that survivors of IPV often had a difficult time accessing affordable housing in the Bakken. Eligibility restrictions prevented some survivors from utilizing Section 8 housing programs, some landlords opted out of Section 8 program participation at the height of the oil boom, and the housing crisis may have simultaneously contributed to low utilization of housing vouchers. These conditions increased vulnerability for IPV survivors. We conclude by exploring the impact of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), state, and local initiatives on housing access and affordability, and the efficacy of Section 8 housing programs during the oil boom. Understanding the relationship between natural resource development, rapid population increases, housing inflation, and Section 8 housing programs should be considered as policy makers prioritize social programs in boomtown communities that may affect the well-being and safety of IPV survivors.

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Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher Program

Cited by 17 publications

References 47 publications

Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders

Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders

To Whom Do Housing Policies Provide Stable Housing? Examining Housing Assistance Recipients and Leavers

Oil Development and Intimate Partner Violence: Implementation of Section 8 Housing Policies in the Bakken Region of North Dakota and Montana

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