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作者

Dionissi Aliprantis;Hal Martin;David Phillips

来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.129,P.

语言

英文

关键字

Landlord;Opportunity neighborhood;Housing choice voucher;Mobility;Small area fair market rent (SAFMR);I38;R21;R23;R31;J15;H30

作者单位

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, PO Box 6387, Cleveland OH 44114, USA;Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, 3080 Nanovic Hall, South Bend IN 46556, USA;Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, PO Box 6387, Cleveland OH 44114, USA;Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, 3080 Nanovic Hall, South Bend IN 46556, USA

摘要

A family can use a housing voucher to move to opportunity only if a landlord in an opportunity neighborhood accepts the voucher. Most landlords in opportunity neighborhoods, though, avoid voucher tenants. We examine a policy change that increases voucher rental payment limits only in high-rent neighborhoods. While the policy induces some new voucher holders to move into high-rent neighborhoods, most landlords do not change their screening behavior in response to the policy. Those landlords who do respond are few and operate at a surprisingly small scale. A sustainable policy of moving to opportunity requires more direct engagement with landlords.