ResearchLead poisoning, often resulting from exposure to lead paint in older homes, poses a serious health threat to children. The Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (GHHLPPP) uses Medicaid and other funding to carry out blood lead testing, home lead hazards assessments and education to prevent lead poisoning among low-income children. GHHLPPP will soon begin piloting home asthma risk assessments for children with severe asthma.
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ResearchRacial segregation in Minneapolis and St. Paul is largely the result of charter schools and of policies that move affordable housing out of white suburbs and into segregated urban neighborhoods and first-tier suburbs, according to the University of Minnesota's Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity.
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ResearchA Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities. A 2000 white paper by the Family Housing Fund exploring the impact of tax credit family rental developments on the surrounding home values.
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ResearchA study out of Tufts University that looks at some of the most controversial 40B projects in Massachusetts that were completed before June 2006.
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ResearchThis 2015 George Mason study assesses the Greater Washington region's housing needs in 2015 and in 2023.
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ResearchThis Minnesota Institute of Race and Poverty report reveals the extent of school segregation in the Twin Cities region and describes segregation’s harms to children and the region.
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ResearchThe Denver Child Study explores the extent to which multiple dimensions of neighborhood context affect the physical and behavioral health, exposure to violence, risky behaviors, education, youth and young adult labor market outcomes, and marriage and childbearing of Latino and African-American children and youth from low-income families.
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ResearchThis report, prepared by researchers at the Urban Institute and MDRC, is part of a first phase of evaluation intended to study the program application and grant processes and establish a baseline for long-term assessment of Choice Neighborhoods.
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ResearchThis report by the NYU Furman Center’s Moelis Institute for Affordable Housing Policy examines changes in the location and neighborhood characteristics of subsidized rental housing in New York City.
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ResearchThis 5-year status report by the Children's Health Fund and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness analyzes the significant emotional distress, behavioral problems, and instability that persist among children affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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