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As I read the Qcode, the questionnaire first asks whether the resident pays a lower rent because the government is paying part of the cost (SUBRNT1).  Subsequent questions provide detail.  In this particular path, a voucher respondent would travel SUBRNT1=>PROJ1=>APPLY=>VCHER.  But at any rate, there must first be a positive response to SUBRNT1 (a negative response jumps you past VCHER etc. to the rent control queries).

It would be interesting to see how the survey estimate of vouchers compares to administrative records.  As mentioned elsewhere, there are frequently problems in how subsidies are reported.

Andy

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Andrew S. Kochera
Senior Policy Advisor
Public Policy Institute, AARP

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Has anyone else noticed that all AHS respondents who report receiving a rent voucher (VCHER=1) also report another subsidy qualifier (PROJ=1, SUBRNT=1 or REPHA=1 or 2)?  Is this intentional (i.e. the question gets asked only when a positive response is given to one of the other subsidy questions), or is it just coincidence that those with vouchers all report some additional type of subsidy?  Any insight would be helpful, thanks.

Rachel Drew
Research Assistant
Joint Center for Housing Studies
617.495.9296
rdrew@gsd.harvard.edu

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