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Housing Vouchers and the Price of Rental Housing

  • Michael D. Eriksen
  • Amanda Ross
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 7, no. 3, August 2015
(pp. 154-76)
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Abstract

We estimate the effect of increasing the supply of housing vouchers on rents using a panel of housing units in the American Housing Survey. We do not find that an increase in vouchers affected the overall price of rental housing but do estimate differences in effects based on an individual unit's rent before the voucher expansion. Our results are consistent with voucher recipients renting more expensive units after receiving the subsidy. We also find that the largest price increases were for units near the maximum allowable voucher rent in cities with an inelastic housing supply. (JEL H23, I38, R31, R38)

Citation

Eriksen, Michael D., and Amanda Ross. 2015. "Housing Vouchers and the Price of Rental Housing." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7 (3): 154-76. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20130064

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JEL Classification

  • H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
  • I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
  • R31 Housing Supply and Markets
  • R38 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy
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