Title

Housing Vouchers, Benefits And Allowances (Vbas): Comparing Rental Tools In The Us, England And The Netherlands

Keywords

Britain; Governance; Housing allowances; Housing benefits; Housing vouchers; Netherlands; Policy analysis; Public management; Rental tools; United States

Abstract

This paper compares rental housing tools in the US, Britain and the Netherlands in order to determine the best strategy for enhancing rental housing accessibility. In doing so, the authors employ a 'tools approach' of governance paradigm, based on the work of Salamon's The Tools of Governance (2002). Rental housing tools are called housing vouchers in the US, housing benefits in Britain and housing allowances in the Netherlands. Overall, it was found that Britain and the Netherlands can learn from the US on means and ways of designing more efficient and fiscally responsible housing vouchers, benefits, and allowances (VBAs). The US, in turn, can learn from Britain and the Netherlands on means and needs of achieving higher equity and effectiveness. This analysis contributes in a meaningful way by addressing the missing middle link between policies and programs - namely, the tools perspective. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

Publication Date

3-1-2011

Publication Title

International Journal of Housing Policy

Volume

11

Issue

1

Number of Pages

71-88

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/14616718.2011.548587

Socpus ID

79952970130 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79952970130

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