By taking into account the combined costs of housing and transportation associated with the location of the home, the Center for Neighborhood Technology's interactive H+T Index provides a more complete understanding of affordability.
Read MoreThis CFED Scorecard, updated annually, explores the economic and financial well-being of Americans in each state across five categories: financial assets and income, businesses and jobs, housing and homeownership, education, and healthcare.
Read MoreCity officials were asked to report on the causes and extent of hunger and homelessness in their cities, as well as the emergency food assistance and homeless assistance provided between September 2013 and August 2014.
Read MoreThis annual report by the NHC Center for Housing Policy looks at housing affordability challenges of America’s working households.
Read MoreThis March 2015 NLIHC report is the 4th issue of the Housing Spotlight series to focus on the gap between the number of low income renters and the number of units that are affordable and available to them.
Read MoreA 2013 ULI survey of American views on housing, transportation, and community.
Read MoreThis MacArthur Foundation brief shows that any move during middle childhood, particularly in low-income children, can reduce later earnings, work hours, and educational attainment.
Read MoreThis issue of HUD's Evidence Matters report focuses on the connection between neighborhoods and schools by breaking the issues down into three articles: Housing’s and Neighborhoods’ Role in Shaping Children’s Future, How Housing Mobility Affects Education Outcomes for Low-Income Children, and Protecting Children from Unhealthy Homes and Housing Instability.
Read MoreA MacArthur Foundation brief that summarizes a paper published in the Journal of Health Economics that connects poor infant health outcomes with carbon monoxide exposure.
Read MoreThis 2012 report by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and the Furman Center describes the elementary schools nearest to households receiving four different forms of housing assistance in the country as a whole, in each of the 50 states, and in the 100 largest metropolitan areas, then compares the characteristics of these schools to those accessible to other comparable households.
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