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Moving to Opportunity? An Examination of Housing Choice Vouchers on Urban Poverty Deconcentration in South Florida

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  • Rebecca J. Walter
  • Yanmei Li
  • Serge Atherwood

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The increase in socioeconomic disparity between households runs counter to federal housing goals to improve the prospects of the poor. One goal of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, which provides rental assistance to low-income families, is the deconcentration of poverty. This study is a longitudinal analysis of the HCV program's deconcentration effectiveness in Broward County, Florida. The movement of HCV households before and after voucher assignment is examined. Spatial statistics reveal that HCV recipients are highly clustered in low opportunity areas both prior to and after receiving a voucher. Factors that significantly relate to the likelihood that a voucher recipient will or will not move to an area of higher opportunity are assessed. Results from an opportunity index derived from principal components analysis and an ordinary least squares regression model indicate that being non-Black, having a larger household, and originating from economically distressed areas with high poverty and unemployment relates more strongly to relocation to neighborhoods with greater opportunity.

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  • Rebecca J. Walter & Yanmei Li & Serge Atherwood, 2015. "Moving to Opportunity? An Examination of Housing Choice Vouchers on Urban Poverty Deconcentration in South Florida," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(7), pages 1064-1091, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:30:y:2015:i:7:p:1064-1091
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1009004
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    1. Lu Liu & Yu Tian, 2022. "Does the Compact City Paradigm Help Reduce Poverty? Evidence from China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-19, May.
    2. Ruoniu Wang & Rebecca Walter & Abdulnaser Arafat & Jie Song, 2019. "Understanding the role of life events on residential mobility for low-income, subsidised households," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(8), pages 1628-1646, June.

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