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| The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Recipients of Housing Assistance |
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Volume 16, Issues 3 & 4
2005
Wang S. Lee, Erik Beecroft, and Mark Shroder
This article uses data from randomized evaluations in Indiana and Delaware to address three questions: (1) Are welfare recipients who receive federal housing assistance less employable than recipients who do not? (2) How does the impact of welfare reform compare for families with and without housing assistance? (3) Does welfare reform increase or decrease the use of such assistance?
Although public housing residents may be more disadvantaged than welfare recipients who do not get housing assistance, voucher users and Section 8 project-based recipients were not. Welfare reform had similar impacts on the earnings and welfare benefits of families that received housing assistance and those that did not. Where impacts did differ, they were larger for families receiving assistance. Welfare reform also reduced the receipt of housing assistance. Families that receive assistance appear to have less financial strain than families that do not, suggesting that assistance may increase overall financial stability.
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