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Effects of Food and Housing Assistance Programs on Household Budgets and Well-Being.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Effects of Food and Housing Assistance Programs on Household Budgets and Well-Being./
作者:	Ismail, Mehreen S.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	176 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-07, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-07B.
標題:	Public policy. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27735079
ISBN:	9781392509197

Effects of Food and Housing Assistance Programs on Household Budgets and Well-Being.
Ismail, Mehreen S.

Effects of Food and Housing Assistance Programs on Household Budgets and Well-Being. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 176 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-07, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, 2019.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

For low-income households in the United States, food and housing needs may compete for limited funds within the household budget. To supplement tight budgets and ease hardship, social safety net programs provide in-kind assistance for either food or housing. This dissertation examined whether major programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which targets food-at-home spending, and subsidized housing, which targets shelter expenses, account for other basic needs. First, we examined whether the SNAP benefit formula assigns higher benefits to households with high shelter expenses through the excess shelter deduction. Using data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) and the SNAP Quality Control system, we assessed how status of claiming the deduction varied for different types of households. We also examined SNAP benefits as a function of shelter expenses relative to income. Across all household types except for homeowners, most households were estimated to claim the excess shelter deduction. At least 20 percent of those a) in the Northeast, b) with non-citizen household members, and c) without rental assistance were unable to claim expenses fully due to limits imposed by the benefit formula. Results confirm that SNAP benefits are progressively targeted, albeit to a limited extent, to households with relatively high shelter expenses and low disposable funds for food-at-home spending. Second, we assessed whether differences in food-at-home spending for SNAP and non-SNAP households varied with area-level prices for housing and other goods and services. Linking FoodAPS data to area-level price measures, we compared spending for SNAP and non-SNAP households matched on characteristics, including cash income. Among households that tended to have relatively low cash income, food-at-home spending was 29 to 30 percentage points higher for SNAP versus non-SNAP households. SNAP/non-SNAP differences in food-at-home spending did not vary with area-level prices. Results offer some insight into longstanding concerns about SNAP benefit adequacy, particularly for households in high-price areas. Third, we documented experiences of food retail access and food spending for low-income households who moved to subsidized rental housing in Boston's Chinatown, a high-price, gentrifying ethnic enclave. Using data collected through interviews with residents of recently developed subsidized housing, we applied thematic analysis to identify common experiences. Living in Chinatown offered most respondents convenient access to food retailers that met cultural and other preferences. Most respondents experienced no change in food spending after moving to their current building and reported using multiple budgeting strategies. Chinatown's changing economic and demographic landscape might challenge low-income residents in meeting food needs. Results imply that developing subsidized housing only partly addresses these challenges, while still being a key strategy for community and neighborhood preservation.Through three studies, this dissertation examined whether major in-kind food and housing assistance programs address overlapping hardships that characterize poverty. Food and housing needs interact in under-appreciated ways, and this work was motivated by emerging interest in these interactions. By highlighting strengths and blind spots of existing programs, this research intends to inform policymakers who have a hand in weaving the social safety net so that it best serves low-income households.

ISBN: 9781392509197Subjects--Topical Terms:

532803
Public policy.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Food-at-home spending

Effects of Food and Housing Assistance Programs on Household Budgets and Well-Being.
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