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.
A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities
A 2000 white paper by the Family Housing Fund exploring the impact of tax credit family rental developments on the surrounding home values.
Read MoreConnecting Schools, Families & Communities
This 2007 Annie E. Casey Foundation report examines a group of organizations that work in partnership with schools, from a single neighborhood community school to a network of school-based community centers stretching across New York City and other communities around the country.
Read MoreCan Housing Policy be Good Education Policy
Using Montgomery County, MD, as a starting point, this 2013 study takes a look at the effect of inclusionary zoning policies on children and their neighborhoods.
Read MoreGaining Support for Affordable Housing Development in a Community
A collection of case studies from the Campaign for Affordable Housing outlining successful efforts at developing affordable housing projects in 9 US cities.
Read MoreEffects of Mixed-Income, Multi-Family Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values
This rigorous study examines how mixed-income, high-density rental developments—what the authors call "a suburban homeowner’s worst nightmare”—affect the property values of nearby single-family houses.
Read MoreBuilding Support for Affordable Homeownership and Rental Choices
A 2013 summary of National Housing Conference research findings on public opinion and messaging on affordable housing that draws from 35 research studies related to affordable housing communications and summarizes key findings about public opinion, messages, and suggestions for further research that could add to our understanding of how to communicate effectively about housing affordability.
Read MoreApartments and Traffic
This 2006 article by the National Multifamily Housing Council outlines the correlation between multifamily apartments and traffic congestion and debunks the myth that multifamily development leads to traffic issues in the neighborhood.
Read MoreApartments and Schools
This 2002 article by the National Multifamily Housing Council explores the myth that new apartments overburden local school districts.
Read MoreApartments and Property Taxes
This 2005 National Multifamily Housing Council article researches the myth that multifamily developments do not pay local real estate taxes, though evidence shows that apartments pay property taxes at a much higher rate than single-family homes
Read MoreApartments and Parking
This 2001 article by the National Multifamily Housing Council pulls together research about providing parking for multifamily projects and the issues between developers and local zoning.
Read MoreApartment Residents as Neighbors and Citizens
This 1999 article by the National Multifamily Housing Council uses General Social Survey data from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to debunk the myth that apartment residents are not engaged in their communities.
Read MoreAmerican Murder Mystery Revisited: Do Housing Voucher Households Cause Crime?
A 2012 study conducted by the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy that explores the correlation between neighborhood-level crime and voucher utilization in 10 large US cities.
Read MoreLow Income Housing Tax Credit Housing Developments and Property Values
A 2002 review by the University of Wisconsin of eight studies on the issue of the effect of low-income housing on property values generally does not support the proposition that such housing diminished property values.
Read MoreInclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability
This 2014 National Housing Conference paper profiles six localities that have adopted inclusionary housing policies tied to upzoning, referred to here as "inclusionary upzoning.” The paper explores how neighborhood context, market context, and policy design may affect the success of inclusionary upzoning policies and their potential for adoption in new areas of the country where inclusionary housing has not yet been implemented.
Read MoreAmerica’s Working Communities and the Impact of Multifamily Housing
According to this 2004 research by Harvard University’s JCHS and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, apartments pose no threat to the value of single-family houses nearby.
Read MoreA Review of Existing Research on the Effects of Federally Assisted Housing Programs on Neighboring Residential Property Values
Part of a 2009 series of research briefs from the National Housing Conference Center for Housing Policy highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, this brief synthesizes the findings of several reviews of research examining whether affordable housing causes a decline in nearby property values.
Read More“Why Not In Our Community?” Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
A 2005 update to HUD's report of the Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing.
Read MoreThe Impacts of Supportive Housing on Neighborhoods and Neighbors in Denver
A 1999 Urban Institute of Washington, DC analysis of the impacts of supportive housing programs on neighborhood property values and crime rates.
Read MoreImpact of Low Income Multifamily Housing on Crime Trends in Dallas Texas
A 2006 white paper by the University of Texas at Austin using GIS to identify whether there is a relationship between the presence of affordable housing and crime rate in its surrounding neighborhood in Dallas, as well as how affordable housing might affect the crime trends.
Read MoreApartments Versus Schools Redux
A 2014 white paper by the National Multifamily Housing Council that outlines the difficulties faced by multifamily affordable housing development, as well as the economic impact of bringing families into a community.
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