This policy instrument presents a number of advantages for delivering housing support to low-income households but also has weaknesses compared to social rental housing- especially in providing support to vulnerable households. There seems to be therefore room for policy improvement, as privileging support to owner-occupied housing is generally not consistent with tenure-neutrality goals nor with supporting households who are most in need. As shown so far, many households - and especially low-income and vulnerable households -struggle with their housing costs and are often faced with poor housing conditions.