This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) General Research and Technology Activity program (CFDA 14.506), aims to address a critical data gap in understanding the impact of the Multifamily Service Coordination Program. The $133,078 award to President and Fellows of Harvard College will fund a 30-month study with the following key objectives:
- Utilize HUD administrative data to identify properties that employ a service coordinator,
- Evaluate the reliability of this data through a survey of properties, and
- Measure the impact of service coordination on resident outcomes such as tenure, income, and benefits receipt using a difference-in-difference design.
The expected deliverables include a methodology for using administrative data to estimate the presence of service coordinators, a set of indicators on service coordinator presence over time, and an assessment of how service coordinators helped residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is intended to provide critical insights to better understand the implementation and value of the Multifamily Service Coordination Program for older residents of HUD-subsidized properties.
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