Table 2.
Program use from random assignment to first/second follow-up survey for all experimental contrasts.
| Percent of families who ever used program type from RA to 20-month/37-month follow-up surveya | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term rent subsidy (LTRS) vs. Usual Care (UC) | Short-term rent subsidy (STRS) vs. Usual Care | Transitional housing (TH) vs. Usual Care | ||||||||||
| Type of Housing Assistance | By 20-month survey | By 37-month survey | By 20-month survey | By 37-month survey | By 20-month survey | By 37-month survey | ||||||
| LTRS | UC | LTRS | UC | STRS | UC | STRS | UC | TH | UC | TH | UC | |
| Housing choice vouchers +b | 83.2 | 10.2 | 83.2 | 12.7 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 10.6 |
| Short-term rent subsidies | 12.0 | 22.3 | 11.7 | 23.8 | 57.0 | 23.3 | 59.8 | 23.5 | 10.8 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 18.4 |
| Transitional housing | 6.1 | 21.4 | 7.4 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 27.5 | 54.0 | 29.3 | 53.0 | 34.5 |
| Permanent supportive housing | 1.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 10.7 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 11.6 |
| Public housing | 0.9 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| Project-based vouchers/Section 8 projects | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| Any form of long-term rent subsidyc | 86.2 | 28.1 | 88.4 | 37.9 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 35.4 | 37.9 | 19.8 | 24.8 | 33.0 | 34.7 |
| Emergency shelterd | 84.3 | 86.8 | 84.5 | 89.3 | 88.1 | 88.1 | 90.1 | 89.6 | 83.0 | 88.5 | 83.6 | 89.4 |
| No use of homeless or housing programse | 5.7 | 26.4 | 5.1 | 23.8 | 12.8 | 27.4 | 8.8 | 23.9 | 21.5 | 31.2 | 18.3 | 26.9 |
| N | 530 | 415 | 501 | 395 | 455 | 451 | 434 | 434 | 294 | 262 | 293 | 259 |
Source: Family Options Study program use data.
Notes: RA is random assignment. 20-month/37-month percentages are based on 20-month/37-month respondent sample. Percentages are regression-adjusted, controlling for site and randomization ratio, and are weighted for survey nonresponse to represent full comparison sample. Shading indicates the key contrasts that the experiment was intended to maximize.
Percentages do not sum to 100 percent because some families use more than one program type during the follow-up period.
“Housing choice vouchers +” assistance is housing choice vouchers plus site-specific programs offered to families assigned to LTRS group in Connecticut and Honolulu.
Any form of long-term rent subsidy includes housing choice vouchers +, permanent supportive housing, public housing, and project-based vouchers/Section 8 projects. Percentages eliminate double-counting for families who used more than one of these program types.
All families were in emergency shelter at random assignment. Percentages less than 100 percent for ever used emergency shelter are due to missing data on shelter use.
No use of homeless or housing programs (ever used) indicates no use of the first six program types in this table during any of the follow-up period and no use of emergency shelter after the first six months after RA.