Relax, Section 8 Doesn't Bring Crime + Posts by Bill Bynum, Laura Barrett, Richard Layman, and more!




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Axel-Lute Community Fears About Shelters, Section 8 Don't Materialize
By Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce
NIMBY fights are a major obstacle to allowing lower income households access to "communities of opportunity." One of the things that is so frustrating about those fights is... More 



Getting Justice from Banks Will Require Carrots and Sticks
By Bill Bynum, HOPE
Experience has taught me that having a policy solution is only half the battle. The next step is...  More 


Needed: A Fair Way to Fund Infrastructure
By Laura Barrett, Gamaliel
As most people's opinion of Congress as a do-nothing body continues to grow, some members, like Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are starting to talk about how to fund the transportation bill. Their idea? Raising the...  More 



Organizers and Media Honored at
National Low Income Housing Coalition Conference 

By Keli Tianga, Shelterforce
Mikel Livingston and Steven Porter wrote "The Great Chicago Migration Myth," a series that focuses on a longstanding belief, which the reporters proved meritless, that... More 


Learning from Vienna's Social Housing Model
By Richard Layman, BicyclePASS
Vienna, like many European cities, is focused on building new housing at the core of the city, for sustainability and other reasons. It's ironic that we say we're also for that in places like... More 




Featured Resource


The Urban Land Institute and the MacArthur Foundation launched a new website, How Housing Matters, that links housing and a broad range of topics related to the overall well-being of individuals and families. The site will provide readers with research, reports, news, and more. 



The Answer

Q: Do Section 8 voucher holders increase crime in a neighborhood?

ANo!


This is a perennial fear, but researchers at NYU's Furman Center took a really close look at the data to see, when controlling for other factors, if there was any association between an increase in Housing Choice Vouchers and the crime levels in that neighborhood....

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Featured Bloggers
Transit Equity Network/Gamaliel

Housing Assistance Council

Regional Housing Legal Services

USC Price School of Public Policy

HOPE Credit Union

Burlington Associates

Democracy Collaborative

Columbia University

Tufts University

Fund for Public Schools

Planner, Louisa County, Va.

National CAPACD

Opportunity Agenda


HACBED

ORNG Ink

National Housing Institute

Housing Assistance Council

Independent CLT consultant

CFED

ACLU Maryland

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 

Housers, LLC

Housing Assistance Council 

Appalachian State University

San Francisco Community 
Land Trust

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