Work requirements for housing aid aren?t very effective, finds study
An Urban Institute investigation of a Chicago program found it did little to improve residents? income As part of broader changes to policy around public assistance programs, the Trump Administration has consistently proposed cuts and changes making it more difficult to receive aid.
One of the policy ideas being promoted, work requirements for aid, has been raised as a potential change to the way federal housing aid is dispersed. This is despite the lack of evidence about how such a program impacts the families receiving assistance, or how it impacts local public housing authorities? administrative functions or budgets.
Diane K. Levy, a principal research associate for the Urban Institute, decided to find out if there was any research on how this type of restriction impacted housing aid. Her new study on the subject, using a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) program as a test case, shows that implementing this type of shift in benefits programs does little to help recipients find work. How the Chicago work requirements worked
The CHA implemented a work requirement policy as part of the Moving to Work demonstration project in 2009, a HUD initiative that allowed some local housing authorities to test out new policies. These types of requirements have already been included in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF (federal cash assistance), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).
The CHA work requirement policy ma...
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