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John Henneberger

Interview with John Henneberger, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service–Part 1

April 1, 2015 | Keli A. Tianga, Miriam Axel-Lute and Harold Simon

Shelterforce talks with John Henneberger of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, one of the 2014 MacArthur Fellows.

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One-pager reads Do Section 8 voucher holders increase crime in a neighborhood? No! Shows two graphs illustrating the point. Image links to pdf version.
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Q: Do Section 8 Voucher Holders Increase Crime in a Neighborhood?

February 5, 2015 | Shelterforce

A: No! This is a perennial fear, but research shows that additional voucher holders don’t change the crime rate at all. However it does show that . . .