Abstract
What was the record concerning housing for very low-income households under US President Bill Clinton? This paper reviews the record of federal funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and assesses how three major indicators changed between 1993 and 2000: the number of people who were homeless or who faced other serious housing problems; the net new number of affordable housing units added, including the net new number of households served by HUD housing programs; and changes in the rate of home ownership. The paper also presents a summary of how two major rental housing programmes fared during the Clinton presidency. In the concluding section, comments by a number of key observers, including several former HUD officials from the Clinton administration, are presented, along with a summation of Clinton's achievements in providing housing for very low-income households. Overall, the Clinton record is mixed at best, but on balance, inroads on the housing problems facing this group were not nearly as substantial as had been hoped and the needs continue to be acute.
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