The Local Impact of Homebuilding in a Typical Metro Area (NAHB, 2009)
A 2009 report assessing the typical economic impacts of single-family and multi-family homebuilding and remodeling in terms of costs and revenues for a municipality.
Read MoreThe Local Economic Impact of a Typical LIHTC Project (NAHB, 2007)
A 2007 report assessing the economic impacts of building a typical 100 apartment Low-Income Tax Credit Project in a community.
Read MoreCommunity Land Trust Network Recommendations to Millennial Housing Commission (National Housing Trust, 2001)
A report by the Institute for Community Economics making policy recommendations concerning Community Land Trusts to the Millenial Housing Commission.
Read MoreCapturing the Value of Transit (Center for Transit-Oriented Development, 2008)
A 2008 study from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development focused on quantifying the economic and social benefits of integrating transit into communities.
Read MoreBeyond Units: Economic Benefits of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Program (UF Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, 2010)
A study profiling the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the economic impacts of the Bank’s Affordable housing program using the "FHLBank Atlanta Multiplier Data Methodology.” The study compares the economic multipliers of the FHLBank funded projects against other forms of economically simulative spending.
Read MoreInsights from Housing Policy Research: Don’t Put It Here! Does Affordable Housing Cause Nearby Property Values to Decline? (NHC, 2009)
A policy research brief from the Center for Housing Policy exploring the longstanding debate on the effect that affordable housing has on property values. The brief surveys two decades of literature on the topic to draw its conclusions.
Read MoreIncreasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions (NHC, 2006)
A 2006 report from the Center for Housing Policy.
Read MoreMixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability with Location Efficiency (Center for Transit-Oriented Development, 2009)
A 2009 report from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development that makes the case on the importance of locating mixed-income development near transit and how to encourage this type of development.
Read MoreA Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens on Working Families (NHC, 2006)
A 2006 report from the Center for Housing Policy which presents the combined housing and transportation cost burdens of working families in 28 metropolitan areas at the neighborhood level, with a closer analysis of 10 metropolitan areas across the Country.
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