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.