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.
Lifting the High Energy Burden in America’s Largest Cities (ACEEE, 2016)
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy shows that low income households, renters, and African American households face greater energy cost burdens than higher income households, homeowners, and white households.
Read MoreWhy Healthy Communities Matter to Businesses (RWJF, 2016)
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, highlights the many social and economic factors which influence health, and provides resources to help communities take action.
Read MoreResults of The 2011 Comprehensive CLT Survey (Lincoln Institute/GSN, 2012)
The purpose of this report is to provide information on Community Land Trusts in the United States based upon a comprehensive survey of 96 CLTs conducted at the start of 2011.
Read MoreStable Home Ownership in a Turbulent Economy: Delinquencies and Foreclosures Remain Low in Community Land Trusts (Lincoln Institute, 2011)
The study examined mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates among the owner-occupants of resale-restricted houses and condominiums in community land trusts (CLTs) across the United States and compared CLT results to rates of delinquency and foreclosure among the owner-occupants of conventional market-rate housing reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey (MBA).
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.
Read MoreHomeownership Today and Tomorrow: Building assets while preserving affordability (NHI/GSN, 2010)
This paper by the National Housing Institute (publishers of Shelterforce) for Cornerstone Partnership (now part of Grounded Solutions Network) looks at innovative local affordable homeownership programs around the country that have found ways to make ownership accessible and also much safer and more sustainable, while concurrently achieving long-term affordability.
Read MoreOutperforming the Market: Making Sense of the Low Rates of Delinquencies and Foreclosures in Community Land Trusts (Lincoln Institute, 2010)
This study examines the rates of delinquencies and foreclosure filings in mortgages that were held by households who owned homes in Community Land Trusts (CLTs) during 2009.
Read MoreShared Equity Homeownership Evaluation: Case Study of Thistle Community Housing (Urban Institute, 2010)
This case study analyzes outcomes for Thistle Community Housing’s Community Land Trust, which started providing homeownership opportunities in the Boulder area to low- and moderate income households in 1996.
Read MoreShared Equity Homeownership Evaluation: Case Study of Champlain Housing Trust (Urban Institute, 2010)
This case study analyzes outcomes for the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), which started providing homeownership opportunities in Burlington, Vermont to low- and moderate-income families in 1984.
Read MoreThe Asset Building Potential of Shared Equity Home Ownership (New America Foundation, 2010)
In this paper, the New America Foundation reviews the literature on homeownership as an asset building strategy for lower income households and presents a case study of a Community Land Trust.
Read MoreLands in Trust, Homes That Last (CHT, 2009)
This evaluation examines how effective Champlain Housing Trust has been in reliably delivering – and equitably balancing – two sets of benefits, some accruing primarily to the homeowners served by CHT (individual benefits) and some accruing primarily to society as a whole (community benefits).
Read MoreA National Study of Community Land Trusts (Lincoln Institute, 2007)
This Lincoln Institute report presents the results of a survey carried out in 2006 of the 186 Community Land Trusts (CLTs) known to exist at this time.
Read MoreThe Effectiveness of Community Land Trusts: An Affordable Homeownership Comparison (Lincoln Institute, 2007)
This Lincoln Institute paper examines the Community Land Trust model in the context of another affordable homeownership program to evaluate the relative efficiency with which they both use public subsidies.
Read MoreShared Equity, Transformative Wealth (NHC, 2007)
This 2007 white paper from the Center for Housing Policy (now a part of the National Housing Coalition) provides an analysis of several alternative strategies for sharing the equity growth that accompanies home price appreciation to balance the dual goals of individual asset accumulation and ongoing affordability to future home purchasers.
Read MorePermanently Affordable Homeownership: Does the Community Land Trust Deliver on its Promises? (CHT, 2003)
A 2003 performance evaluation of the CLT Model using resale data from the Burlington Community Land Trust (now the Champlain Housing Trust or CHT) in Vermont.
Read MoreShared Equity Homeownership Evaluation: Case Study of Northern Communities Land Trust (Urban Institute, 2010)
This case study analyzes outcomes for the Northern Communities Land Trust (NCLT) in Duluth, Minnesota.
Read MoreBuilding a Livable Boston: The Case for Community Land Trusts (Tufts, 2016)
A report by report by Tufts University Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department about the potential benefits of community land trusts in Boston, including examples of successful land trust collaborations in other cities across the country.
Read MoreCommunity Development Outlook Survey (St. Louis Fed, 2015)
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Community Development Outlook Survey (CDOS) collects original data that informs and guides the long-term programming of the St Louis Fed’s Community Development staff and informs community development practitioners about trends and outlooks that affect low- and moderate income (LMI) communities in the Eighth Federal Reserve District.
Read MoreThe Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes (NLIHC, 2017)
The Gap, a National Low Income Housing Coalition report, documents a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental units for the nation’s 10.4 million extremely low income (ELI) renter households, those with income at or below 30% of their area median (AMI).
Read MoreThe Role of Anchor Institutions in Restoring Neighborhoods: Health Institutions as a Catalyst for Affordable Housing and Community Development (NHC, 2016)
This brief describes the opportunities for anchor institutions to spur neighborhood revitalization and provides specific guidance for how affordable housing and community development organizations can successfully partner with these anchor institutions to improve neighborhoods and expand housing opportunities.
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