Why voucher and certificate users live in distressed neighborhoods

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Poverty, Housing Niches, and Health in the United States (2003, background): “But deconcentration programs are expensive, do not reach many poor households, and do not always work (Pendall, 2000; Popkin et al., 2000; Turner, 1998; Varady & Walker, 2000).”
Rethinking Federal Housing Policy (2010, background): “Voucher holders do live in better and less segregated neighborhoods than public housing tenants, but are still at a marked disadvantage when compared to unsubsidized renters (Devine, Gray, Rubin, & Taghayi, 2003; Pendall, 2000).”
Does `Smart Growth' Matter to Public Finance? (2008, background): “…where median housing value negatively influences spending is for housing and community development, a service that is mainly channeled to blighted areas in need of redevelopment and/or where people receive rental subsidies, such as assistance under the Section 8 voucher program (Pendall 2000).”
Out of the Projects, Still in the Hood: The Spatial Constraints on Public-Housing Residents’ Relocation in Chicago (2009, background): “While voucher recipients are much less likely than public-housing residents to be located in areas with extremely high poverty, it is equally unlikely they will reside in low-poverty neighborhoods (Devine, Gray, Rubin, & Taghavi, 2003; Fischer, 2001; Goetz, 2002; Hartung & Henig, 1997; Kingsley, Joh”