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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Social Determinants of Health: Tenant-Based Housing Voucher Programs

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: July 2020

Workgroups: Social Determinants of Health Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends tenant-based housing voucher programs to improve health and health-related outcomes for adults. These programs help households with very low incomes afford safe and sanitary housing in the private market — specifically, the programs cover a substantial portion of rent. Households can use the vouchers to move to neighborhoods with more opportunities. CPSTF finds societal benefits exceed the cost of tenant-based housing voucher programs that serve families with young children who are living in public housing by providing pre-move counseling and moving families to neighborhoods with greater opportunities.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of families that spend more than 30 percent of income on housing — SDOH‑04
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2020). Social Determinants of Health: Tenant-Based Housing Voucher Programs. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/social-determinants-health-tenant-based-housing-voucher-programs.html