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Do Source of Income Anti-discrimination Laws Facilitate Access to Less Disadvantaged Neighborhoods?

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  • Lance Freeman
  • Yunjing Li

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Vouchers have come to be seen as a tool for promoting economic and racial/ethnic integration. Discrimination based on Source of Income (SOI), however, could hinder the use of vouchers to move to more desirable neighborhoods. State and local SOI anti-discrimination laws (SOI laws) are one policy response to address this issue. SOI laws make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against voucher recipients solely on the basis of their having a voucher. The research presented here tested whether SOI laws in the USA improve locational outcomes for voucher recipients. This research found that the impacts of SOI laws on locational outcomes are mixed. We found substantively important reductions in neighborhood poverty rates associated with the implementation of SOI laws and small but statistically significant reductions in minority concentration as well. The concentration of voucher recipients in a neighborhood, however, does not appear to be related to SOI law implementation.

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  • Lance Freeman & Yunjing Li, 2014. "Do Source of Income Anti-discrimination Laws Facilitate Access to Less Disadvantaged Neighborhoods?," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 88-107, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:29:y:2014:i:1:p:88-107
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.824559
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