Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim To answer the following questions:
1) What are the impacts of MTO on household and on the housing and neighborhood conditions of participants?
2) What are the impacts of a move to a low-poverty neighborhood on the employment, income, education, and social well-being of families? How quickly will these effect occur, and are they linear?
3) What are the mechanisms or processes by which neighborhoods affect the lives of participating adults and children?
4) What negative or positive impacts, if any, do treatment families have on their receiving communities?
 
Type Longitudinal/Prospective Study
Aim See above aims.