Guaranteed Income as a Mechanism for Promoting Housing Stability

This brief explores how guaranteed income might address gaps and deficits in policies designed to address America’s housing affordability crisis. Less well documented in the research are the supplementary and comparative advantages of cash infusion vis-à-vis programs restricted to meeting basic needs, such as housing, food, and child care. This analysis of guaranteed income as a strategy to combat the affordable housing crisis cites secondary data from past experiments as well as current demonstrations that have released evaluation data. In addition to using secondary data, interviews were conducted with key stakeholders from three recent municipal guaranteed income pilots in Arlington, Virginia; Austin, Texas; and Chicago, Illinois.

Record Type: 
Research-To-Practice Brief
Publication Date: 
December, 2022
Date: 
December 2022
Source: 
Partner Resources
State: 
Illinois
Texas
Virginia
Topics/Subtopics: 
  • Supportive Services
    • Housing Assistance
  • Special Populations
  • TANF Program Administration
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