Journal article
Unpacking housing needs: Utilization of rental assistance among a national sample of households with children with disabilities
Disability and health journal, v 19(2), 102015
08 Dec 2025
PMID: 41402224
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Abstract
Background: Affordable housing provides a critical foundation for children's health. Yet little is known about how households of children with disabilities engage in federal rental assistance programs.
Objective: This study examines the rates of participation in HUD rental assistance programs among households of children with disabilities in 2023 and assesses the odds of these households residing in specific HUD rental assistance programs.
Methods: This paper engages a population level cross-sectional analysis of HUD-assisted households using HUD household and member data files. The sample included all households receiving HUD rental assistance in 2023 that were led by an adult between the ages 18–61 and included at least one child (n = 1,558,711). Participation in HUD rental assistance programs was quantified and characterized through descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression.
Results: Eight percent (n = 134,628; 1 in 12) of HUD-assisted households with children included at least one child with a disability. Compared to HUD-assisted households with a child without a disability, HUD-assisted households with a child with a disability had higher odds of participating in a Housing Choice Voucher Program than in Multifamily Housing by a factor of 2.6 and higher odds of participating in Public Housing than Multifamily Housing by a factor of 2.2.
Conclusions: HUD rental assistance programs serve a substantial share of households with children with disabilities, with notable variation in participation by program type. This study provides the most comprehensive national estimates to date of HUD participation among households with children with disabilities, offering a critical foundation for future research.
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- Title
- Unpacking housing needs: Utilization of rental assistance among a national sample of households with children with disabilities
- Creators
- Amy Blank Wilson - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLindsay Shea - Drexel UniversityDylan Cooper - Drexel UniversityWei-Lin Lee - Drexel UniversityJonas Ventimiglia - Drexel UniversityConner Carlton - Drexel UniversitySafiyyah OkoyeAnne Roux - Drexel UniversityAntoine Lovell - Morgan State University
- Publication Details
- Disability and health journal, v 19(2), 102015
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- National Institute Of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health: R01NR021977 National Institutes of Health: K01AG080072, U54CA267735
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute Of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01NR021977. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Okoye was supported by the National Institutes of Health, K01AG080072 and U54CA267735.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel FIRST (Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends); Doctoral Nursing; Urban Health Collaborative; A.J. Drexel Autism Institute; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001718111800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105029764898
- Other Identifier
- 991022146942704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Health Care Sciences & Services
- Health Policy & Services
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Rehabilitation