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
Formats: Print
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

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