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Housing Vouchers and Residential Mobility

University of Cincinnati, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Association of Realtors, Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University

Carole C. Walker

Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University

Existing research suggests that tenant-based subsidies (housing vouchers) can help to deconcentrate poverty and improve the quality of life of low-income families. The Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program and the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration program have been shown to help families move to safer neighborhoods and ones with better public schools. The regular Section 8 program has been successful in facilitating moves to low-poverty areas in places like Alameda County, California, but public housing families have had difficulties in Chicago. Research on mixed-income communities has provided little evidence that social mixing has any direct positive impacts through social interaction and/or social networks. However, the lack of research on the long-term impacts on children, such as future improvements in their employment circumstances due to better educational attainment, makes it impossible to offer conclusive assessments on the connection between income mixing and social mobility.

Key Words: housing vouchers • residential mobility • neighborhoods • HOPE VI • mixed-income communities

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