Study of Rents and Rent Flexibility.

摘要

This report provides information on alternative methods for establishing rent policies in federal housing subsidy programs, including public housing and the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The study is intended to help policymakers, local housing agencies and affordable housing advocates to assess potential changes to the current Brooke Amendment rent structure, under which assisted housing tenants pay 30 percent of their income for rent. The report assesses alternative rent structures, and their impact on HUD's target population, especially households making 0-15% of Area Median Income, excluding elderly and disabled households. The report contains insights from interviews with housing agency staff, newly admitted residents and low-income persons currently on waiting lists for assistance. The interviews focused on their knowledge and opinions about rent, income, expenditures, and equitable rental policy. To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies of its kind to interview individuals who are still on the waiting list for public housing for their views on rents and income.