Apartments and Parking (NMHC)
This 2001 article by the National Multifamily Housing Council pulls together research about providing parking for multifamily projects and the issues between developers and local zoning.
Read MoreAmerican Murder Mystery Revisited: Do Housing Voucher Households Cause Crime? (NYU Furman Center, 2012)
A 2012 study conducted by the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy that explores the correlation between neighborhood-level crime and voucher utilization in 10 large US cities.
Read MoreLow Income Housing Tax Credit Housing Developments and Property Values (UW-Madison, 2002)
A 2002 review by the University of Wisconsin of eight studies on the issue of the effect of low-income housing on property values generally does not support the proposition that such housing diminished property values.
Read MoreAmerica’s Working Communities and the Impact of Multifamily Housing (JCHS, 2004)
According to this 2004 research by Harvard University’s JCHS and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, apartments pose no threat to the value of single-family houses nearby.
Read MoreA Review of Existing Research on the Effects of Federally Assisted Housing Programs on Neighboring Residential Property Values (NHC, 2009)
Part of a 2009 series of research briefs from the National Housing Conference Center for Housing Policy highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, this brief synthesizes the findings of several reviews of research examining whether affordable housing causes a decline in nearby property values.
Read More“Why Not In Our Community?” Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (HUD, 2005)
A 2005 update to HUD's report of the Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing.
Read MoreApartments Versus Schools Redux (NMHC, 2014)
A 2014 white paper by the National Multifamily Housing Council that outlines the difficulties faced by multifamily affordable housing development, as well as the economic impact of bringing families into a community.
Read MoreLow-Income Housing Development and Crime (Cornell, 2011)
A 2011 Cornell University paper examining the effect of rental housing development subsidized by the government's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program on local crime.
Read MoreLessons from Fair Lending Law for Fair Marketing and Big Data (Future of Privacy Forum, 2014)
A 2014 white paper exploring the potential for discrimination in online marketing by reviewing lessons from the fair lending law under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA).
Read MoreHousing in America: The Baby Boomers Turn 65 (ULI, 2014)
A 2014 white paper by the Urban Land Institute taking a look at America's rapidly aging population and the challenges and opportunities faced when accommodating Baby Boomers in the realms of housing and public policy.
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