A bold new federal experiment in giving renters cash

A bold new federal experiment in giving renters cash

Would money help tenants more than housing vouchers?

October 2, 2023

By Rachel M. CohenSee original post here. A group of researchers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been quietly developing an idea that could fundamentally upend the nearly 50-year-old housing voucher program, which helps more than 2 million low-income families afford apartments in the private rental market every year.The idea is relatively simple: What if, instead of traditional housing vouchers laden with convoluted red tape that landlords notoriously hate , low-income tenants could pay their rent with cash? Would that make it easier for […]

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