Inclusionary Zoning Expands the Below-Market-Rate Housing Stock (HUD, 2016)
This HUD case study shows how San Francisco successfully utilized inclusionary zoning policies that ushered in more affordable housing options for its residents.
Read MoreInvesting in Affordable Housing to Promote Community Health (NHC, 2016)
This NHC profile assesses a Medicaid managed care organization’s $20 million investment in an affordable housing development in Phoenix, Arizona to tackle the severe affordable housing needs of their low-income members and the community.
Read MoreSupporting Educational Achievement with Afterschool Programs Located in Affordable Housing (NHC, 2016)
A profile of the Eden Housing collaboration with the Partnership for Children and Youth by the National Housing Conference.
Read MoreBlending Housing Solutions for Youth and Older Adults (Urban Institute, 2016)
This Urban Institute article takes a look at a San Diego-area development that serves as a case study for multigenerational affordable housing.
Read MoreThe Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness (Science, 2016)
A study published in Science by William Evans, James Sullivan, and Melanie Wallskog finds that temporary financial assistance to families at imminent risk of homelessness reduces the likelihood that they will enter a homeless shelter by 76%. The benefits of the temporary financial assistance, including lower shelter costs, lower costs of other public services, and better educational and health outcomes, outweigh the costs.
Read MoreAging Gracefully: The PACE Approach to Caring for Frail Elders in the Community (Commonwealth Fund, 2016)
This Commonwealth Fund brief provides an overview of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model, which offers participants comprehensive medical and long-term services and supports and highlights include Mountain Empire’s PACE, which serves older adults in rural Virginia.
Read MoreFault Lines: America’s Most Segregating School District Borders (EdBuild, 2016)
A new report by EdBuild ranks the school district boundaries that most sharply divide student populations by poverty rate.
Read MoreThe Double Crisis: A Statistical Report on Rental Housing Costs and Affordability in Baltimore City, 2000-2013 (Abell Foundation, 2016)
Analyzing the most recent data from the American Community Survey and American Housing Survey, Johns Hopkins University graduate student Philip M.E. Garboden pinpoints a “Double Crisis” in Baltimore’s affordable rental market: an income crisis and a rent crisis.
Read MoreState of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods 2015 (NYU Furman Center)
The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life indicators for each borough and the city’s 59 community districts.
Read MoreBalancing Affordability and Opportunity: An Evaluation of Affordable Homeownership Program with Long-term Affordability Controls (Urban Institute, 2010)
This report shows that shared equity programs are successful in creating homeownership opportunities for lower income families that allow purchasers to accumulate assets, while, at the same time, creating a stock of affordable housing that remains within the financial reach of subsequent lower income homebuyers.
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