TY - JOUR
T1 - Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Through Housing Assistance
T2 - An Assessment of a Self-Sufficiency Program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, Illinois
AU - Lee, Han Bum
AU - McNamara, Paul E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Housing Authority of Champaign County [2011-05459-00].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
PY - 2018/11/2
Y1 - 2018/11/2
N2 - This study examines the early impact of a Local Self-Sufficiency (LSS) program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC), Illinois, on recipients’ total annual household income and earnings, and employment. In 2013, HACC, through LSS, mandated work requirements for households with working-age, able-bodied adult members and imposed sanctions on those who did not meet the program requirements. We find that, between 2012 and 2014, the LSS program led to an average increase of $2,283 in earnings for an individual household. In aggregate, this allowed HACC to serve an additional 98 (9%) LSS-eligible households for a year. Also, LSS-eligible households experienced an increase in the employment–adult ratio by 11.6 percentage points. The LSS program also had a larger impact for more economically disadvantaged households with no prior work history.
AB - This study examines the early impact of a Local Self-Sufficiency (LSS) program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC), Illinois, on recipients’ total annual household income and earnings, and employment. In 2013, HACC, through LSS, mandated work requirements for households with working-age, able-bodied adult members and imposed sanctions on those who did not meet the program requirements. We find that, between 2012 and 2014, the LSS program led to an average increase of $2,283 in earnings for an individual household. In aggregate, this allowed HACC to serve an additional 98 (9%) LSS-eligible households for a year. Also, LSS-eligible households experienced an increase in the employment–adult ratio by 11.6 percentage points. The LSS program also had a larger impact for more economically disadvantaged households with no prior work history.
KW - Moving to Work
KW - economic self-sufficiency
KW - public housing authority
KW - sanction
KW - work disincentives
KW - work requirement
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U2 - 10.1080/10511482.2018.1474123
DO - 10.1080/10511482.2018.1474123
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053423421
SN - 1051-1482
VL - 28
SP - 876
EP - 900
JO - Housing Policy Debate
JF - Housing Policy Debate
IS - 6
ER -