Administrative Burdens in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs

Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, localities across United States have been given unprecedented short-term rental assistance funding and considerable flexibility in its distribution. The emergency nature these programs suggests that administrative burden placed on participants should be lower than typical such as housing choice voucher program. Yet there are several features unique to housing, double take-up challenge engaging both tenants landlords, persist. This article draws national surveys more two hundred programs, thousands tenant landlord applicants, interviews with ten program administrators investigate degree sources burdens programs.