With a shortage in housing vouchers, does it make sense to continue policies that erode landlord participation?

MICHAEL STEGMAN AND DENNIS SHEA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Published by The Hill and shared by the Bipartisan Policy Center

The current inspection regime requires a local public housing authority to inspect every Housing Choice Voucher program unit before approving a lease and before voucher payments flow from the housing authority to the landlord. Considering how much better the quality of rental housing has become over the years, and how many fewer renters now live in either moderately or severely inadequate units, that approach to inspections is akin to using a bazooka to kill a gnat. 

What should policymakers do? 

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