Where are They Now? : A Study to Identify, Locate, and Survey Former Residents of Subsidized Housing

HUD operates about 4 million units of subsidized housing for needy families. The purpose of this study was to develop measures of self-sufficiency for families that reside in subsidized housing, during & after their stays. Families that leave housing assistance (HA) may represent success stories, or they may stop receiving HA because they are evicted or cannot find suitable, affordable housing units that accept vouchers. Based on the results of this project, using HUD's admin. records for selecting a sample of former recipients of HA is problematic because passive tracking was not an effective way to identify a sufficient number of households. A more traditional sampling method will be necessary if a larger scale study is pursued. Illus.De Silva, Lalith is the author of 'Where are They Now? : A Study to Identify, Locate, and Survey Former Residents of Subsidized Housing', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756749712 and ISBN 0756749719.