The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends tenant-based rental assistance programs to reduce exposure to crimes against person and property and decreases in neighborhood social disorder. Tenant-based rental assistance programs provide vouchers or direct cash assistance to allow low-income families more housing options than they could afford by themselves.
The Community Guide [Internet]. Health Equity: Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Programs. c2001– [cited 2017 Feb 13]. Available from: https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/health-equity-tenant-based-rental-assistance-programs