A 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 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 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 MoreHousing as a Health Care Investment (NHC, 2016)
Research from Children’s HealthWatch shows public investment in housing—including housing for homeless families and rental assistance for food-insecure families—improves the health outcomes of vulnerable infants and young children and lowers health care spending.
Read MoreRural Homelessness (Rural Voices – HAC, 2016)
This issue of the Housing Assistance Council's magazine Rural Voices takes a look at rural homelessness around the country.
Read More2016 Economic Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. An important vehicle for presenting the Administration’s domestic and international economic policies, it provides an overview of the nation's economic progress with text and extensive data appendices.
Read MoreHousing Agency Waiting Lists and the Demand for Housing Assistance (PAHRC, 2016)
This PAHRC research spotlight explores how housing agency waiting lists do and do not reflect the demand for housing assistance, since many waiting lists are closed and only capture families that decide to apply for assistance.
Read MoreHealth in Housing: Exploring the Intersection Between Housing and Health Care (ECP, 2016)
This study directly explores the link between affordable housing and health care through the lens of several national health reform metrics: better connection to primary care, fewer emergency department visits, improved access to and quality of care, and lower costs.
Read MoreBalancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do (EPI, 2016)
A report by David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute, titled Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do, finds that raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would reduce public assistance expenditures by $17 billion annually. The author suggests these savings could be used to strengthen the existing safety net of housing and other assistance programs.
Read MoreHomelessness and Its Effects on Children (Family Housing Fund, 1999)
This report from the Family Housing Fund catalogs the myriad impacts homelessness has on children. The author focuses first on how homelessness affects different age groups: prenatal, infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children.
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