Blending Housing Solutions for Youth and Older Adults (Urban Institute, 2016)
This Urban Institute article takes a look at a San Diego-area development that serves as a case study for multigenerational affordable housing.
Read MoreThere Doesn’t Go the Neighborhood: Low-Income Housing has No Impact on Nearby Home Values (Trulia, 2016)
A study by Cheryl Young of Trulia found that low income housing funded by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) did not impact the value of nearby homes. Her analysis included 3,083 LIHTC developments in 20 of the least affordable housing markets.
Read MoreHousing as Health Care: A Road Map for States (NGA, 2016)
Developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices through extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, the road map provides a step-by-step guide for both the immediate need to support those state planning efforts and broad use by all governors interested in the promise of housing as an essential element of improved health and reduced utilization of costly health care services.
Read MoreHardest Hit Fund’s Greatest Hits (NHC, 2016)
In this brief, the National Housing Conference explores the lessons learned from one of the major forms of federal assistance provided to combat the national foreclosure crisis.
Read MoreThe Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness (Science, 2016)
A study published in Science by William Evans, James Sullivan, and Melanie Wallskog finds that temporary financial assistance to families at imminent risk of homelessness reduces the likelihood that they will enter a homeless shelter by 76%. The benefits of the temporary financial assistance, including lower shelter costs, lower costs of other public services, and better educational and health outcomes, outweigh the costs.
Read MoreFault Lines: America’s Most Segregating School District Borders (EdBuild, 2016)
A new report by EdBuild ranks the school district boundaries that most sharply divide student populations by poverty rate.
Read MoreEarly Exposure to Environmental Chaos and Children’s Physical and Mental Health (Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2016)
Using the Three-City Study, which provides longitudinal statistics on low-income children from Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio who live in moderate- or high-poverty neighborhoods, the researchers used data from a random sample of 495 children who lived in a household earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level with a primary female caregiver. The authors analyzed various indicators of child outcomes, environmental chaos, family instability, parental functioning, and biological vulnerability from three waves of the study (1999, 2001, and 2005-06).
Read MoreThe Double Crisis: A Statistical Report on Rental Housing Costs and Affordability in Baltimore City, 2000-2013 (Abell Foundation, 2016)
Analyzing the most recent data from the American Community Survey and American Housing Survey, Johns Hopkins University graduate student Philip M.E. Garboden pinpoints a “Double Crisis” in Baltimore’s affordable rental market: an income crisis and a rent crisis.
Read MoreState of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods 2015 (NYU Furman Center)
The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life indicators for each borough and the city’s 59 community districts.
Read MoreBalancing Affordability and Opportunity: An Evaluation of Affordable Homeownership Program with Long-term Affordability Controls (Urban Institute, 2010)
This report shows that shared equity programs are successful in creating homeownership opportunities for lower income families that allow purchasers to accumulate assets, while, at the same time, creating a stock of affordable housing that remains within the financial reach of subsequent lower income homebuyers.
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