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The Failed Federalism Of Affordable Housing: Why States Don't Use Housing Vouchers, Noah Kazis
The Failed Federalism Of Affordable Housing: Why States Don't Use Housing Vouchers, Noah Kazis
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This Article uncovers a critical disjuncture in our system of providing affordable rental housing. At the federal level, the oldest, fiercest debate in low-income housing policy is between project-based and tenant-based subsidies: should the government help build new affordable housing projects or help renters afford homes on the private market? But at the state and local levels, it is as if this debate never took place. The federal government (following most experts) employs both strategies, embracing tenant-based assistance as more cost-effective and offering tenants greater choice and mobility. But this Article shows that state and local housing voucher programs are …