An 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 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.
Read More2015 AHAR Report: Part 1 – PIT Estimates of Homelessness (HUD)
This report outlines the key findings of the 2015 Point-In-Time (PIT) count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) conducted in January 2015. Specifically, this report provides 2015 national, state, and CoC-level PIT and HIC estimates of homelessness, as well as estimates of chronically homeless persons, homeless veterans, and homeless children and youth.
Read MorePromoting Opportunity through eTOD: Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation (Enterprise Community Partners, 2015)
This Enterprise research is the second installment in a three-part research series that focuses on expanding low- and moderate-income households’ access to housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods.
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