What Happens to Housing Assistance Leavers?

Summary

To understand whether housing assistance can encourage self-sufficiency, policymakers need to know whether families who leave housing assistance are better off. As such, using data from HUD’s Moving to Opportunity demonstration, this report explores the reasons that households leave housing  assistance – and how their experiences compare with households that remain on assistance.

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• What Happens to Housing Assistance Leavers?
• Research Questions and Methodology
• Findings
• Discussion and Policy Implications

Key Takeaway

Antidote to Shrinking Safety Nets

Shrinking safety nets leave low-income families more vulnerable than ever. To address this challenge, policies to reduce poverty and inequality are required, keeping in mind that the costs of not providing support to families in need exceed the costs associated with effective case management.