The study compares monthly income for people receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to local median incomes and Fair Market Rent rates for modest units across the U.S. In 2008, there were 219 housing markets in 41 states where recipients of SSI, people with long-term disabilities and virtually no assets, would have to pay 100% of their income for a modest one-bedroom unit. Ten years ago there were 44 such markets in 13 states. Policy recommendations are given to reverse this trend. 

Cooper, Emily; Korman, Henry; O’Hara, Ann; Zovistoski, Andrew 

Independent Living; Community Inclusion; Low Income Housing Tax Credit; LIHTC; Section 8; Housing Choice Vouchers; Housing Affordability; 

Housing, State/Agency Information, Transition/Diversion from Institutions 

Data, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports 

Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.; Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities 

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, All States/Territories 

05/12/2009 

Technical Assistance Collaborative

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