Expanding Access to Rental Assistance: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?

Vincent J. Reina, Katherine O’Regan, Christine Jang-Trettien, Haydar Kurban

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Abstract

Research has shown that rental assistance is a powerful tool for addressing housing cost burden, instability, and other housing and non-housing outcomes. Rental subsidies can also be leveraged to increase housing supply and quality. Despite these realities, we have functioned within a solutions framework that is often constrained by funding, and most changes to the program have been slight adjustments to current federal approaches. In this paper, we offer an assessment of what is known about rental assistance and thoughts on ways to improve and expand it.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)552-568
Number of pages17
JournalHousing Policy Debate
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Keywords

  • Rental assistance
  • affordable housing
  • housing stability
  • rental housing
  • vouchers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Development
  • Urban Studies
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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