Driving to Opportunity: Understanding the Links among Transportation Access, Residential Outcomes, and Economic Opportunity for Housing Voucher Recipients
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsored two major experiments to test whether housing choice vouchers propelled low-income households into greater economic security, the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing program (MTO) and the Welfare to Work Voucher program (WTW). Using data from these programs, this study examines differences in residential location and employment outcomes between voucher recipients with access to automobiles and those without. Overall, the findings underscore the positive role of automobiles in outcomes for housing voucher participants.
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- © 2014 Urban Institute
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Authors:
- Pendall, Rolf
- Hayes, Christopher
- George, Arthur (Taz)
- McDade, Zach
- Dawkins, Casey
- Jeon, Jae Sik
- Knaap, Eli
- Blumenberg, Evelyn
- Pierce, Gregory
- Smart, Michael
- Publication Date: 2014-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 75p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access; Automobile ownership; Economic impacts; Employment; Low income groups; Residential location
- Identifier Terms: Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing; Welfare to Work Voucher Program
- Uncontrolled Terms: Voucher programs
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01535705
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 27 2014 10:50AM