Data Talks: Work Requirements and Time Limits in Federal Housing Assistance

Watch the recording of this forty-five-minute webinar, the tenth of our Data Talks series. This episode focuses on what we know about work requirements and time limits in the context of housing assistance, and how local housing authorities and their partners can analyze their data to understand the implications of these policies.

Claudia Aiken, Director of New Research Partnerships, and Ellie Lochhead, Doctoral Fellow at the Housing Solutions Lab and the NYU Furman Center, co-hosted this session. The webinar presented findings from the Lab’s recent policy brief about work requirements and time limits in housing assistance, which has been featured in reporting on federal policy proposals in the Associated Press and other news outlets.

Joining us for a fireside chat were Nicole Beydler, Director of Policy and Communications at the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB), and Will Fischer, Senior Fellow and Director of Housing Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). Ms. Beydler shared lessons from HACSB’s Term-Limited Lease Assistance Program, which gives participants a federal housing voucher for a period of five years. Mr. Fischer spoke to CBPP’s report estimating the number of people who might be affected if time limits are implemented across federal housing assistance programs.

Watch the recording here: