Below are links to publications, reports, presentations and
helpful tools related to the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
| Title
| Description |
Moving
to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration : Interim Impacts Evaluation
(September 2003, 341 pages)
| The
report provides insights into what benefits can be achieved by improving the neighborhoods
of poor families. |
| Costs
and Utilization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (August 2003, 107 pages)
| This
study is intended to provide insights into the factors that affect Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) program utilization rates and costs in a sample of sites nationwide. |
| Voucher
Homeownership Assessment: Volume 1 - Cross-Site Analysis (July 2003, 132 pages)
Volume
2 - Case Studies (July 2003, 162 pages)
| This
study is an assessment of the early implementation of the Voucher Homeownership
Program. The purpose of this study is to provide insight into aspects of the program
that are working well and those that are problematic. |
Housing
Choice Voucher Location Patterns: Implications For Participant And Neighborhood
Welfare (January 2003, 125 pages)
| The
purpose of this study is to describe where HCV assistance is being used and whether
program participants have access to a broad range of affordable housing. |
| Study
on Section 8 Voucher Success Rates
|
The Study on Section
8 Voucher Success Rates is a two-volume set. Volume
I is the Quantitative Study of Success Rates in Metropolitan Areas. The purpose
of the study is to estimate the national success rate for voucher holders in metropolitan
areas and to explore the factors that affect chances for success (e.g., market
tightness, voucher holder characteristics, and housing authority policies and
procedures). Volume
II is a qualitative study of success rates in rural areas. The purpose of this
study is to explore Section 8 success rates and the factors that affect success
rates in rural areas through in-depth qualitative research at five rural public
housing authorities. |
Tools
and Strategies for Improving Community Relations in the Housing Choice Voucher
Program (September 2001, 81 pages)
| This
guidebook is the end product of a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to look into some questions related to community
acceptance of HCVP. |
| Learning
from Each Other: New Ideas for Managing the Section 8 Certificate and Voucher
Programs | Offers
housing authorities an easy way to learn from the groundbreaking experience of
Section 8 managers across the country. |
Issue
Brief: Voucher Recipients Enjoy Much Greater Choice About Where to Live Than Residents
of Public Housing and Are Less Likely to be Concentrated in Distressed Neighborhoods
(December 2000, 8 pages) | A
report that compares the housing choice voucher and public housing program in
terms of their ability to provide access to housing in lower poverty neighborhoods. |
| The
Uses of Discretionary Authority in the Tenant-Based Section 8 Program (November
2000, 78 pages) | A
study that documents both variations from PHA to PHA in tenant selection preferences
and rent policies and provides a record of what factors PHAs considered as they
set policies to guide their Section 8 programs. |
| Case
Study of Section 8 Rental Vouchers and Rental Certificates in Alameda County,
California (October 2000, 138 pages.) | This
report presents the results of a study of the movement of Section 8 families from
the inner cities of Oakland and Berkeley in San Francisco's East Bay to suburban
Alameda County. The research team interviewed Section 8 families about their housing
search, their reasons for moving to the suburban areas of the county, the outcome
of their moves, and conditions in their new housing and neighborhoods compared
with conditions in their previous housing and neighborhoods. Interviews with program
administrators in Alameda County provided information on how administrative procedures
affected the ability of families to make various types of moves. |
Case
Studies of the Conversion of Project-Based Assistance to Tenant-Based Assistance
(August 2000, 233 pages) | A
report that presents 12 case studies documenting conversions from project-based
to tenant-based assistance in privately-owned developments funded under several
programs sponsored by HUD. |
Section
8 Tenant-Based Housing Assistance: A Look Back After 30 Years
(March 2000,
8 pages) | A
short history of the program which explores the reasons for the program's growth,
describes the design elements that contribute to the program's success, and discusses
some concerns that have been raised about the program and how the Department is
addressing them. |
Case
Studies of Vouchered-Out Assisted Properties
(May 1998, 410 pages) | Information
on the process of converting from project-based subsidies to tenant-based assistance. |
Section
Administrative Fees - A Report to Congress - (MS-Word)
(June 1994, 21
pages) | A
report that evaluates the fees PHAs receive for administering certificate and
voucher programs. |
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