Tenant-Based Housing Voucher Programs: A Community Guide Systematic Review

Finnie, RKC (通讯作者),Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Community Guide Off Off Assoc Director Policy, 1600 Clifton Rd,Mailstop V25 5, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA.
2022-11-12
Context: Unaffordable or insecure housing is associated with poor health in children and adults. Tenant-based housing voucher programs (voucher programs) limit rent to 30% or less of household income to help households with low income obtain safe and affordable housing. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of voucher programs in improving housing, health, and other health-related outcomes for households with low income. Design: Community Guide systematic review methods were used to assess intervention effectiveness and threats to validity. An updated systematic search based on a previous Community Guide review was conducted for literature published from 1999 to July 2019 using electronic databases. Reference lists of included studies were also searched. Eligibility Criteria: Studies were included if they assessed voucher programs in the United States, had concurrent comparison populations, assessed outcomes of interest, were written in English, and published in peer-reviewed journals or government reports. Main Outcome Measures: Housing quality and stability, neighborhood opportunity (safety and poverty), education, income, employment, physical and mental health, health care use, and risky health behavior. Results: Seven studies met inclusion criteria. Compared with low-income households not offered vouchers, voucher-using households reported increased housing quality (7.9 percentage points [pct pts]), decreased housing insecurity or homelessness (-22.4 pct pts), and decreased neighborhood poverty (-5.2 pct pts). Adults in voucher-using households had improved health care access and physical and mental health. Female youth experienced better physical and mental health but not male youth. Children who entered the voucher programs under 13 years of age had improved educational attainment, employment, and income in their adulthood; children's gains in these outcomes were inversely related to their age at program entry. Conclusion: Voucher programs improved health and several health-related outcomes for voucher-using households, particularly young children. Research is still needed to better understand household's experiences and contextual factors that influence achievement of desired outcomes.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE
卷号:28|期号:6
ISSN:1078-4659|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; The New School; Harvard University; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham; US Department of Veterans Affairs; University of Toronto; Rutgers State University New Brunswick; Rutgers State University Medical Center; Morehouse School of Medicine
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
4
2013以来使用计数
4
EISSN
1550-5022
出版年
2022-11-12
DOI
10.1097/PHH.0000000000001588
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
low-income housing mobility tenant-based voucher programs