Housing Choice Voucher Location Patterns: Implications For Participant And Neighborhood Welfare
The Housing Choice Voucher program assists households in a large majority of neighborhoods containing affordable rental housing. These neighborhoods are in both the central cities and the suburbs of metropolitan areas including high and low poverty neighborhoods. There are a substantial number of neighborhoods with disproportionately low numbers of program participants and a few with relatively large numbers of assisted households.
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. The study examines some of HCV's possible impacts on program participants and the neighborhoods in which they live.
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| Table | Page number | Description |
| II-2 | 16 | HCV Units in Relation to the Housing Stock of the Central Cities and Suburban Areas of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| II-4 | 18 | Neighborhoods with Vouchers in Relation to Neighborhoods with Affordable and Occupied Housing in the Central Cities and Suburban Areas of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| II-6 | 20 | Neighborhoods with Housing Choice Vouchers and Other Kinds of Assisted Housing in the Central Cities and Suburban Areas of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| II-8 | 22 | Distribution of Neighborhoods by Relative (Expected) Share of HCV in the Affordable Housing Stock in Central City and Suburban Areas of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| III-2 | 34 | Distribution of HCV Families by Neighborhood Poverty Concentration in the Central Cities and Suburban Areas of Each of the Fifty Largest MSAs |
| III-5 | 36 | Distribution of HCV Families by Race across Neighborhood Poverty Concentration Levels in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| III-7 | 38 | Distribution of HCV Families by Mobility Status across Neighborhood Poverty Concentration Levels in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| III-9 | 40 | Distribution of Subsidized and Non-Subsidized Families Living in Affordable Units across Neighborhood Poverty Level in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| IV-3 | 56 | Proportion of All HCV Heads of Household Who Have Employment Income, at Each of the Selected Neighborhood Poverty Levels in Each of the Central Cities and Suburbs of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| IV-8 | 58 | Average Wage Income of All HCV Household Heads at Selected Neighborhood Poverty Levels in the Central Cities and Suburbs of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| IV-13 | 60 | Proportion of All HCV Household Heads Who Have TANF Income, at Selected Neighborhood Poverty Levels in the Central Cities and Suburbs of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| V-2 | 74 | Percent of Neighborhoods with Different HCV Thresholds (Absolute Share) in the Central Cities and Suburbs of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| V-4 | 76 | Mean Tract Poverty Rate by the Ratio of HCV Share to Occupied Units (Absolute Share) in the Central Cities and Suburbs of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| V-6 | 78 | Average Absolute Share by Neighborhood Poverty Level for Four Household Types in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| V-11 | 80 | Mean Gross Rent for Two-Bedroom Unit by the Section 8 Share of Occ'd. Units (Absolute Share) for Central Cities and Suburbs in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| V-13 | 82 | Mean Gross Rent for Two-Bedroom Unit by Neighborhood Poverty Level for Central Cities and Suburbs of Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| B-1 | 100 | Age and Race/Ethnicity of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| B-2 | 101 | Income and Rent Burden of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| B-3 | 102 | Selected Family and Unit Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| B-4 | 103 | Selected "Turnover" and "Length of Time in Program" Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest MSAs |
| C-1 | 106 | Age and Race/Ethnicity of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 States and Washington, DC |
| C-2 | 107 | Income and Rent Burden of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 States and Washington, DC |
| C-3 | 108 | Selected Family and Unit Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 States and Washington DC |
| C-4 | 109 | "Turnover" and "Length of Time in Program" Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 States and Washington DC |
| D-1 | 112 | Age and Race/Ethnicity of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest PHAs |
| D-2 | 113 | Income and Rent Burden of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest PHAs |
| D-3 | 114 | Selected Family and Unit Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest PHAs |
| D-4 | 115 | "Turnover" and "Length of Time in Program" Characteristics of the HCV Population in Each of the 50 Largest PHAs |
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