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Abstract
Increasingly, housing scholars and advocates call on local jurisdictions to pass Source of Income anti-discrimination (SOI) policies, which would limit landlords’ ability to legally discriminate against tenants who hold Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV). As the most common form of housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and one that relies on the private market to provide housing, understanding how to increase the success of the HCV program is paramount. While some evidence exists that supports the effectiveness of SOI laws (see Freeman, 2012; Hangen & O’Brien, 2023; Mackay, 2021), there is opportunity to explore how the variation in these policies’ designs influence voucher concentration. Often, SOI policies are enforced through the courts, administrative processes, or both. These choices in policy design could impact the effectiveness of SOI policies. In this presentation, I will lay out a potential approach to test the question of SOI policy designs' effects on voucher concentration. As the rise of housing costs demands federal solutions, this research will contribute to the burgeoning research on the HCV program and subsequently housing policy at large.
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These are the slides presented at the International Conference on Urban Affairs held in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 18, 2025.
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2025-04-18
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University of Kansas
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Housing choice vouchers, Housing policy, Policy design, Public administration, Income discrimination