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	Podcast:		UCLA Housing Voice
	Episode:		Ep 87: Rental Voucher Lease-Up Rates with Sarah Strochak
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:49:25
	Publish Date:		2025-03-05 11:00:00
	Description:		Housing Choice vouchers help lower-income tenants pay rent, yet only about 60% of issued vouchers result in a successful lease-up. Sarah Strochak joins to share how lease-up rates vary for different groups and markets, and how reforming voucher policies could improve the lease-up process and get more people into affordable homes. Show notes: Ellen, I. G., O’Regan, K., & Strochak, S. (2024). Race, Space, and Take Up: Explaining housing voucher lease-up rates. Journal of Housing Economics, 63, 101980. Episode 17 of UCLA Housing Voice, on Housing Choice Vouchers and small area rents with Rob Collinson. Episode 64 of UCLA Housing Voice, on vouchers as a homelessness solution with Beth Shinn (originally aired as episode 21). Episode 29 of UCLA Housing Voice, on how landlords make leasing and eviction decisions with Philip Garboden and Eva Rosen. LA Times article about the Housing Rights Initiative lawsuit alleging landlords violated source-of-income discrimination laws in California.
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