On May 25, 2021, United States Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase funding for the housing choice voucher (HCV) program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and local public housing authorities.
The CMTO program aims to reduce rental barriers and support families in moving to high opportunity neighborhoods. Our researchers are engaged in qualitative data collection and analysis in partnership with the Seattle and King County Housing Authorities, Opportunity Insights, MDRC, and more.
Opportunity Starts at Home, a campaign which advocates for solutions to homelessness and housing instability, interviewed PIRL director Stefanie DeLuca on the qualitative research behind the recently introduced Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act.
The CMTO team's research was featured as a motivating factor for a major bipartisan sponsored housing bill.
This longitudinal, mixed methods study of white, black and Latino families in Cleveland and Dallas examines how housing choices intersect with the many challenges low to moderate income families face, and how the inevitable tradeoffs involved in choosing a residence affect child development.
This study capitalizes on a unique housing assistance program to explore whether improvements in housing access translate into gains in educational achievement for poor minority children.
This qualitative study conducts interviews with youth aged 15-24 who moved with the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program. These interviews focus on education, employment, risky behavior, family formation, and mental health, delving into the rich array of social processes and contextual factors that may underlie differing outcomes for youth and their transition to early adulthood.
This project is a multi-method study of how residential mobility, family structure and schooling are tied together to affect youth outcomes. Overall objectives of the study include: Understanding how housing policy affects mobility and school changes and understanding the conditions under which housing instability is perpetuated.