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Single-Period Location Models for Subsidized Housing: Tenant-Based Subsidies

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Previous research has established a need for operations research models to help urban public housing authorities (PHAs) in the U.S. better manage the transition from the traditional model of high-rise public housing developments to tenant-based housing subsidies for market-rate rental units and project-based housing subsidies for scattered-site, low-density public housing. This paper presents the tenant-based subsidized housing location model (TSHLP) that is simplified and applied to a larger and more representative data set than has been done previously. Base-case and sensitivity analyses indicate that model solutions, which are approximations to a Pareto frontier of nondominated potential family allocations, give planners considerable flexibility in choosing alternative housing configurations that can satisfy the needs of various interest groups.

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Johnson, M.P. Single-Period Location Models for Subsidized Housing: Tenant-Based Subsidies. Annals of Operations Research 123, 105–124 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026119128524

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