A controversial affordable housing program, launched in 2012, is the subject of analysis by the Urban Institute.
Matthew Gerkin, Susan J. Popkin, and Christopher R. Hayes provide analysis of a recently released report that evaluated the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), described as "one of the most visible and controversial changes to the public housing program in the past decade."
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched the program in 2012, with the intention of preserving existing affordable housing by "[allowing] housing authorities to 'convert' their units into project-based Section 8 assistance (PDF), or housing assistance tied to specific units that makes it easier to preserve long-term affordability."
The program has been "enormously controversial," according to the article, "because of concerns about losing deeply subsidized housing units and the potential for tenant displacement."
The findings of the analysis include positive feedback from program participants, but continued adverse housing conditions, in addition to other findings.
Read the full story: How Has HUD’s Controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration Affected Tenants?
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