2015/04/01 by Casey J. Dawkins, Jae Sik Jeon, Rolf Pendall · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #Urban Transport and Accessibility #Place Attachment and Urban Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/10511482.2014.986662
openalex publication_date 2015/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is designed in part to expand the neighborhood choices of assisted households, thereby enabling assisted households to find a living environment that simultaneously meets their housing and neighborhood preferences. While several studies have examined the impact of rental subsidies on neighborhood satisfaction, few have examined whether access to adequate transportation enables HCV recipients to locate housing in more desirable locations. This article relies on data from the Moving to Opportunity experiment to examine the impact of transportation access, rental housing vouchers, and geographic constraints on neighborhood satisfaction. We find that access to both vehicles and public transit positively influences neighborhood satisfaction, and the influence of vehicle access varies with transit proximity. These findings point to the importance of transportation in helping low-income assisted renter households locate housing in more desirable neighborhoods.