Monitor and support Sub-Area FMR Demonstration

The second approach revolves around the Small Area Fair Market Rent demonstration discussed in Chapter 4. If adopted, this program would reduce the maximum rent any landlord could charge a Housing Choice Voucher recipient in Woodlawn. It would also increase the rent a landlord could charge in a higher-rent area within the region, creating more rental opportunities for assisted households. If successful, this program would work towards the same objective as the first approach, Unlike the first approach, however, it would not as effectively allow apartment and management quality to be a source of differences in rent, since the maximum rent will be reduced for all landlords regardless of quality. Less discretion would give way to a more uniform approach to reducing the incentives for targeting voucher holders.

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