Free Market Housing Assistance? Known by a variety of terms around the world (e.g. housing allowance, rent supplement, housing choice, Section 8 vouchers) that bridge the gap between an individual’s or family’s ability to pay rent, and the actual free marketplace rent itself.
A waste? Says who? A study by several Australian Universities. (And we’re talking a waste of considerable sums of money here.)
Waste compared to what? Compared to providing ex-prisoners with social housing.
Should be of particular interest to? America, along with any other country that marches steadfastly in completely the opposite direction, forbidding ex-cons from even entering social housing to visit their moms, let alone actually living there.
Bonus? Ex-prisoners who live in social housing have lower rates of re-offending than those who rent in the private market.
Read more in The Market Herald: Housing ex-prisoners reduces reoffending and saves money: report
And if you’d prefer to watch a video on the subject rather than read an article, here’s one from THE GLOBAL HERALD that includes an ABC News video: Experts say public housing the key element to stop ex-prisoners re-offending
