How Features of Policy Design and Misperceptions Shape Public Opinion Toward Housing Vouchers and Perceptions of Recipients

Housing vouchers are both effective and widely supported, yet the housing vouchers program is underfunded. This may be due to American’s conflicting views about housing assistance. Recent scholarship has shown that even those who support housing vouchers in principle, question whether recipients truly deserve support. Doctoral student in political science Lucia Lopez will examine how effort-signaling policy features, such as work requirements, shape public support and perceptions of housing voucher recipients. She will conduct survey experiments for her study.