subsidy and the market rate. Vouchers began as a market-friendly plan by Republicans to counter Democratic New Deal Public Housing programs. Republicans began proposing the vouchers in the late 1960s and by the 1990s the Democrats were fully embracing the proposal (Johnson 2016). When Chicago embarked on the Plan for Transformation they drastically reduced the number of traditional public housing units and doubled the amount of housing choice vouchers (to 38,000) (Popkin 2013, 2). The research, while slightly more robust than that of the mixed-income experiments, is still a repository of contradictory findings. Undergirding many of the arguments behind public housing reform are concerns about social inequality and spatial segregation. Social
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We know that housing policy shapes economic well-being (Blumenthal and McGinty, 2015). Blumenthal and McGinty’s research documents the impact housing policy can have on economic well-being and mobility. They find that the longer a child is in a better location, the larger the impact on his or her economic mobility which they define as how far a person moves up or down the income ladder both in his or her lifetime and in comparison to one’s …show more content…
One such study titled, “Housing, Happiness and Capabilities: A Summary of the International Evidence and Models” is a good example (Coates, Anand, and Norris, 2008). In this study, the authors cite the role social well-being research has played in determining ways to measure capabilities. Likewise they talk of ‘happiness research’ that has become popular as of late, even within economics, as another foundational concept for capability measurement. Most importantly, Coates, Anand, and Norris reinforce the concept that “our housing can also have a direct influence on a range of other life outcomes including opportunities for social participation and the accessibility of employment, education and training opportunities; social and healthcare services and recreational facilities”
We know that housing policy shapes economic well-being (Blumenthal and McGinty, 2015). Blumenthal and McGinty’s research documents the impact housing policy can have on economic well-being and mobility. They find that the longer a child is in a better location, the larger the impact on his or her economic mobility which they define as how far a person moves up or down the income ladder both in his or her lifetime and in comparison to one’s …show more content…
One such study titled, “Housing, Happiness and Capabilities: A Summary of the International Evidence and Models” is a good example (Coates, Anand, and Norris, 2008). In this study, the authors cite the role social well-being research has played in determining ways to measure capabilities. Likewise they talk of ‘happiness research’ that has become popular as of late, even within economics, as another foundational concept for capability measurement. Most importantly, Coates, Anand, and Norris reinforce the concept that “our housing can also have a direct influence on a range of other life outcomes including opportunities for social participation and the accessibility of employment, education and training opportunities; social and healthcare services and recreational facilities”