Beyond bricks and mortar : reexamining the purpose and effects of housing assistance / Sandra J. Newman and Ann B. Schnare
| Author(s): | Newman, Sandra J |
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| Subjects: | Low-income housing--United States Housing policy--United States Public welfare--United States |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Washington : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by University Press of America, c1992 |
| Series: | Urban Institut report 92-3 Urban Institute report 92-3 |
| LC Classification: | H, HD |
| Table of Contents: | Abstract Executive Summary 1 1. Introduction 5 2. Housing as a Route to Independence: Brief History 11 The View from the Housing Side 12 The View from the Welfare Side 18 A Bolder Legacy of Ideas 22 Most Recent Initiatives 26 3. Characteristics and Effects of the Current System of Shelter Assistance 37 Two Housing Streams 38 Clientele and Equity 39 Housing Outcomes of the Assisted Population 46 Measuring Program Impact 55 4. Strategies to Rationalize Housing Assistance 79 Using AFDC Emergency Assistance or Special Needs Payments for Housing Rehabilitation 80 Targeted Expenditures: Vendor Payments 82 Two-Tiered Payments 88 Linking Supportive Services with Housing Subsidies 91 Assessment 95 5. The Connection between Decent Housing and Economic Independence 101 Current Housing Assistance Recipients and the Goal of Economic Independence 102 Adding Housing Assistance to Welfare Reform 108 Appendix A: Regressions from 1987 National AHS, Housing and/or Welfare Program Participants 125 Appendix B: Regressions from 1981-84 AHS Metropolitan Files (Excluding New York) 131 Appendix C: Regressions from 1987 National AHS, All Households Below Poverty 135 References 141 |
| Additional Authors: | Schnare, Ann Burnet |
| Notes: | LCCN: 92023289 ISBN: 0877665842 ISBN: 0877665850 (paperback) Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-149) |
| Physical Description: | x, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 26299969 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0877665842 0877665850 0897-7399 |