This MacArthur Foundation "How Housing Matters" article describes the Tacoma Housing Authority's Education Project, which began in 2011 as an effort to help low-income and previously homeless children do well in school. NOTE: Original text may be inaccessible.
Read MoreThis MacArthur Foundation brief summarizes research from the Journal of Urban Health that examines cardiovascular health among Latinos in affordable housing in the Bronx.
Read MoreA ULI study that makes the case for the financial benefits of including wellness features to residential development.
Read MoreThis ULI white paper provides guidance to developers and city leaders on how to prepare America's housing stock for unpredictable climate patterns in the future.
Read MoreA 2014 MacArthur Foundation brief that summarizes an analysis of neighborhoods' impacts on individual outcomes that found that supportive social networks, local norms, and peer influences are a part of the neighborhood context that can greatly impact health.
Read MoreThis 2014 MacArthur Foundation research brief builds on the growing understanding that affordable housing, via the additional income it provides families to invest in their children, has a strong connection to children's cognitive development.
Read MoreThis 2012 Urban Land Institute report offers clarity about the major methodological issues facing housing and education research and a new model for understanding how the two fields relate to one another.
Read MoreThis Urban Institute white paper explores the existing literature on poverty and housing while examining past policy interventions that have sought to improve the lives of families in government-assisted housing.
Read MoreAn MBA Research Institute for Housing America study that details the housing, functional status, and health status of the 55+ population in the United States.
Read MoreA 2014 MacArthur Foundation housing policy research brief that shows how poverty and the status of the mother impacts children's health more than homelessness itself.
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