ResearchThis 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.
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ResearchThis MacArthur Foundation brief summarizes research from the Journal of Urban Health that examines cardiovascular health among Latinos in affordable housing in the Bronx.
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ResearchA ULI study that makes the case for the financial benefits of including wellness features to residential development.
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ResearchThis 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.
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ResearchA 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.
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ResearchThis 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.
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ResearchThis 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.
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ResearchThis 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.
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ResearchAn MBA Research Institute for Housing America study that details the housing, functional status, and health status of the 55+ population in the United States.
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ResearchA 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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