Monitoring the Experiment: An Update of Section IV of the General Design Report. Housing Assistance Supply Experiment

摘要

Revised plans for monitoring the Experimental Housing Allowance Program and its effect on the housing markets of each experimental site are detailed. The experimental program, designed to stimulate low-income demand for housing services in ways that are comparable to the effects of a permanent national program of housing allowances, offers direct cash assistance to clients. Proposals for data gathering are covered along with methods for analyzing the effects of the allowance program on the supply and price of housing services in the local market and on the behavior and attitudes of the participants: landlords, homeowners, real - estate investors, market intermediaries, factory suppliers, and consumers of housing services, both program participants and others. Although a significant number of program participants will be interviewed in field surveys, the main source of data about the allowance program are the Housing Allowance Offices' administrative records, which provide a complete enumeration of enrollees and complete coverage of transactions with each enrollee during participation in the program. A resident observer whose principal function is to fill in knowledge gaps through special - purpose inquiries and to assist in interpreting systematic data through wide - ranging informal observation will be used. Plans for each kind of data - gathering activity are described with emphasis on method and content. Organization of data into research files is also explained along with relationships of major research questions to varying types of data. Methods of analyses to be used in addressing major research questions are also discussed. Tables displaying the contents of various survey instruments and instrument completion are included as well as figures illustrating stratification of residential properties for modified impact - gradient sampling, proposed composition of panel of residential properties, and expected numbers of 5 - year complete property records.