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subsidy programs in that rents are set based on a percentage <strong>of</strong> the area median incomeregardless <strong>of</strong> the individual household’s actual income. Data on this program has beenlimited until recently because Treasury has not collected data on the programparticipants. HUD subsequently contracted for data collection on this program startingin the 2000’s which retroactively included projects constructed since the early 1990’s.<strong>The</strong> data available is extensive and has been made publicly available on the HUDwebsite in a searchable database. It includes the number and geographic location <strong>of</strong>these units. Data on resident characteristics in LIHTC units however is still notavailable except for a small sample study conducted by the General Accounting Office(GAO) (1997).Tenant-based rental assistance (Section 8 certificates or vouchers, hereafterreferred to in this study as “vouchers”) began in the 1970’s but did not become aprimary form <strong>of</strong> subsidy until the 1990’s. <strong>The</strong>se programs are administered by HUDin the Office <strong>of</strong> Public and Indian <strong>Housing</strong>. Although HUD collects data on theseunits the data on geographic location is not made publicly available in order topreserve the confidentiality <strong>of</strong> the residents. A limited number <strong>of</strong> researchers are<strong>of</strong>fered access to the restricted data. Aggregated data was sporadically compiled andmade public between 1993 and 2000 with the most recent compilation being “A5

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