HousingForward Virginia’s Research Library is sorted by topic and geographic focus. All our resources can be sorted by geographic category: National, Virginia, and Other States. Our resources span some of the best and most widely cited housing and related research that is publicly available online. Our database is always growing as recent studies and reports are added, so please check back often.
Inclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability (NHC, 2014)
This paper profiles six localities that have adopted inclusionary housing policies tied to upzoning, referred to here as “inclusionary upzoning.” Each profile provides a sketch of how the policy is structured and how effective it has been.
Read MoreCreating Affordable Housing Out of Thin Air: The Economics of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning in New York City (NYU Furman Center, 2015)
A report released by the NYU Furman Center examines the economic potential of a mandatory inclusionary zoning policy to produce new affordable units tied to upzonings across New York City’s neighborhoods.
Read MoreA Decade of Progress: Investing in Lives and Neighborhoods through the Housing Production Trust Fund (CNHED, 2014)
This report takes a look at how DC's Housing Production Trust Fund had affected the community between 2002-2012.
Read MoreHousing Trust Fund Progress Report (Community Change, 2007)
This 2007 report documents the status of state and local Housing Trust Funds around the nation, as well as catalogs emerging HTFs.
Read MoreA Survey of Revenue Tools to Fund Affordable Housing and Services in the Portland Metro Region (Welcome Home Coalition, 2014)
The Welcome Home Coalition compiled a report in 2014 to document potential funding streams for affordable housing measures in Portland, Oregon.
Read MoreNexus: The NHC Housing Policy Guide (NHC, 2018)
This comprehensive toolkit, put together by the National Housing Conference, provides a wide range of housing policy resources and research.
Read MoreAn Opportunity Agenda for Renters (Center for American Progress, 2015)
This Center for American Progress report makes the case for simultaneous investments in residential mobility and low-income communities.
Read MoreVeterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Evaluation (Urban Institute, 2015)
This Urban Institute report, funded by HUD, documents the outcomes of Veterans served by the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Program, one element of the Obama Administration's signature initiative to end Veteran Homelessness.
Read MoreHousing Policy Levers to Promote Economic Mobility (Urban Institute, 2015)
This 2015 Urban Institute research report uses economic mobility as a lens for examining how housing policies can address challenges of inequality in society today. It also explores five categories of housing policy levers that affect economic mobility.
Read MoreNHC Housing Landscape Portal (2016)
This interactive tool lets you explore national, state and metro-level housing affordability challenges.
Read MoreBefore or After the Bell? School Context and Neighborhood Effects on Student Achievement (Urban Institute, 2009)
This 2009 Urban Institute report explores the relative effects of school and neighborhood characteristics on student achievement.
Read MoreThe Fair Housing Tightrope in the Obama Administration (Journal of Urban Affairs, 2015)
This 2015 white paper takes a look at the efficacy of the Obama Administration's handling of the Fair Housing Act.
Read MoreThe Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment (NBER, 2015)
Harvard's National Bureau of Economic Research takes a look at the Moving to Opportunity program and its impacts on children's long-term outcomes using administrative data from tax returns.
Read MoreMortgage Lending in the City of Richmond: An Analysis of the City’s Lending Patterns (HOME of Virginia, 2015)
This Housing Opportunities Made Equal report outlines some clear differences in loan approval between white and minority borrowers in the City of Richmond.
Read MoreCall the Question: Will the Greater Washington Region Collaborate and Invest to Solve Its Affordable Housing Shortage? (Housing Leaders Group of Greater Washington, 2015)
This 2015 white paper takes a look at effective housing policy solutions to solve the affordability crisis in the Greater Washington region
Read MoreAddressing Housing as a Health Care Treatment (NHC/MacArthur, 2015)
Hennepin Health, a Hennepin County, Minn. Accountable Care Organization, is a new kind of health care delivery organization focusing on integrating social services into health care. Serving non-disabled, low-income adults enrolled on Medicaid, Hennepin offers housing navigation services and case management to help members find stable and affordable housing.
Read MoreUsing Health Care Savings to Construct Supportive Housing in New York (NHC/MacArthur, 2015)
New York State is implementing a variety of Medicaid reform initiatives, including the use of state Medicaid savings to finance supportive housing development. The Creston Avenue Residence is a new mixed affordable and supportive housing development in New York City financed in part with state Medicaid savings.
Read MoreDoes School Mobility Place Elementary School Children at Risk for Lower Math Achievement? (Developmental Psychology, 2015)
This research, which involved children enrolled in the Chicago public school system, was published in the APA journal Developmental Psychology®. It shows that children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative to their counterparts who changed schools frequently.
Read MoreCollaborating with Housing Quality Stakeholders to Reduce Home Health Risks (NHC/MacArthur, 2015)
Lead poisoning, often resulting from exposure to lead paint in older homes, poses a serious health threat to children. The Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (GHHLPPP) uses Medicaid and other funding to carry out blood lead testing, home lead hazards assessments and education to prevent lead poisoning among low-income children. GHHLPPP will soon begin piloting home asthma risk assessments for children with severe asthma.
Read MoreTeacher Turnover in High-Poverty Schools: What We Know and Can Do (Teachers College Record, 2015)
This Harvard School of Education study reviews evidence from six recent studies, which collectively suggest that teachers who leave high-poverty schools are not fleeing their students, but rather the poor working conditions that make it difficult for them to teach and their students to learn.
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