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.
Housing as Health Care: A Road Map for States (NGA, 2016)
Developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices through extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, the road map provides a step-by-step guide for both the immediate need to support those state planning efforts and broad use by all governors interested in the promise of housing as an essential element of improved health and reduced utilization of costly health care services.
Read MoreInvesting in Inclusive Communities (NFHA, 2016)
The National Fair Housing Alliance takes a look at how fair housing organizations have successfully fostered diverse and stable neighborhoods using the Federal Fair Housing Act.
Read MoreHardest Hit Fund’s Greatest Hits (NHC, 2016)
In this brief, the National Housing Conference explores the lessons learned from one of the major forms of federal assistance provided to combat the national foreclosure crisis.
Read MorePreserving Neighborhood Opportunity: Where Federal Housing Subsidies Expire (Housing Policy Debate, 2016)
A study published in Housing Policy Debate by Michael Lens and Vincent Reina found that project-based Section 8 properties with rent restrictions expiring between 2011 and 2020 are on average in higher opportunity neighborhoods than properties supported by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), vouchers, and public housing.
Read MoreInclusionary Housing Toolkit (GSN, Ongoing)
Presented by the Grounded Solutions Network, this new comprehensive toolkit provides resources for implementing inclusionary housing policies in localities around the country.
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 MoreWhite House Housing Development Toolkit 2016
The White House released a Housing Development Toolkit outlining a host of policy changes and other regulatory fixes it says will reverse decline and encourage developers to set aside more of their projects for affordable housing.
Read MoreAging in Place Design Guidelines for Independent Living in Multifamily Buildings (Enterprise Green Communities, 2016)
These Aging In Place Design Guidelines (along with Enterprise Aging in Place charrette tools, an existing building checklist, and prioritization tool) have been created to supplement existing Enterprise resources for sustainable, affordable housing.
Read MoreIncome and Poverty in the United States: 2015 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2016)
This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2016 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read MoreOpportunities for Promoting Credit for Affordable Housing in Rural America (CAP, 2016)
This Center for American Progress issue brief provides an analysis of the areas of opportunity for improving access to credit in rural communities gleaned from discussions in a roundtable convened by the White House Rural Council and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service.
Read MoreBenefits of Living in High-Opportunity Neighborhoods (Urban Institute, 2012)
This Urban Institute white paper examines the benefits of the Moving to Opportunity program.
Read MoreThe Prospects for Guiding Housing Choice Voucher Households to High Opportunity Neighborhoods (Cityscape, 2010)
This University of Kansas white paper examines the question, "If the Moving To Opportunity model were to be used on a larger scale, would enough neighborhoods be available to offer good housing, employment, and educational opportunities?"
Read MoreOpportunity and Location in Federally Subsidized Housing Programs (PRRAC, 2011)
This PRRAC paper is intended to present a civil rights perspective on the federal policy discussion currently underway seeking to harmonize various subsidized housing development rules across the three agencies that sponsor low income housing (HUD, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Agriculture).
Read MoreRaising Wages and Rebuilding Wealth: Housing (CAP, 2016)
This chapter from a Center for American Progress report on wealth building in the 21st century focuses on the unique challenges of housing affordability.
Read MoreRural Veterans at a Glance (USDA Economic Research Service, 2013)
This USDA report provides a snapshot of veterans living in rural America.
Read MoreNonmetropolitan Outmigration Counties: Some Are Poor, Many Are Prosperous (USDA Economic Research Service, 2010)
This USDA study shows that out-migration counties stand out on two measures, indicating that quality of life factors inhibit in-migration: a lack of retirees moving in and local manufacturers citing the area’s unattractiveness as a problem in recruiting managers and professionals.
Read MoreLow-Skill Employment and the Changing Economy of Rural America (USDA Economic Research Service, 2005)
This USDA study reports trends in rural low-skill employment in the 1990s and their impact on the rural workforce.
Read MoreBaby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America (USDA Economic Research Service, 2009)
This USDA-Rural Development report identifies the types of nonmetropolitan counties that are likely to experience the greatest surge in baby boom migration during 2000-20 and projects the likely impact on the size and distribution of retirement-age populations in destination counties.
Read MoreSocial Determinants of Health for Rural People (Rural Health Information Hub, 2022)
This topic guide, managed by the Rural Health Information Hub, focuses on the health inequities that rural residents experience, and how income-level, educational attainment, race/ethnicity, housing quality and other factors impact health.
Read MoreThe Ever-Growing Gap (Prosperity Now/IPS, 2016)
This CFED and Institute for Policy Studies report examines the growing racial wealth divide for Black and Latinos households and the ways that accelerating concentrations of wealth at the top compound and exacerbate this divide.
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