Negative Leavers
Households that leave housing assistance for negative reasons reported a median income of $13,950.
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.
Households that leave housing assistance for positive reasons reported a median income of $37,865.
Households that leave housing assistance for negative reasons reported a median income of $13,950.
More than half of negative leavers indicated severe housing cost burdens.
Foreclosure, economic uncertainty and unstable employment hit low-income families the hardest.
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.
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