Housing in Central Appalachia (HAC, 2013)
This Housing Assistance Council Rural Research Report details the housing, economic and social characteristics of Central Appalachia.
Read MoreAging Gracefully: The PACE Approach to Caring for Frail Elders in the Community (Commonwealth Fund, 2016)
This Commonwealth Fund brief provides an overview of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model, which offers participants comprehensive medical and long-term services and supports and highlights include Mountain Empire’s PACE, which serves older adults in rural Virginia.
Read MoreHealth Equity in Richmond, Virginia (VCU, 2016)
This VCU Center on Society and Health report focuses on population, community characteristics, and health trends in the Richmond metropolitan area that may affect health outcomes for residents.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Myths and Realities of Manufactured Housing (VHA, 2016)
This report explores the challenges and benefits of manufactured housing. The report finds that some types of manufactured housing offer significant affordability benefits to lower income households and points to the improved quality of this type of housing that was manufactured after 1976.
Read MoreA City Breaking Apart: The Incomes of DC’s Poorest Residents Are Falling, While Economic Growth is Benefiting Better-Off Residents (DCFPI, 2016)
This DC Fiscal Policy Institute analysis uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey from 2007 through 2014 to examine income disparities, and income trends in DC and the other 49 largest U.S. cities, as well as four neighboring counties and the City of Alexandria, VA.
Read MoreThe Effects of Housing on the Local Economy (HFV, 2011)
This HousingForward Virginia report explores the connection between housing and economic development on the local level.
Read MoreThe Roadmap for the Washington Region’s Future Economy (GMU CRA, 2015)
The Roadmap research team identified the private-sector industries best positioned for growth in our region based on our competitive advantages, and interviewed over 30 of the region's top business leaders to better understand what it'll take to maximize the potential growth of these industries in Greater Washington over the next decade.
Read MoreLeveraging Public Land for Affordable Housing in Northern Virginia: A Primer (NVAHA, 2014)
This primer explores the key issues for the use of public land in meeting affordable housing and other community needs; some examples of how public lands have been used in the Washington metropolitan region; and implications for policies that could systematize the prioritization of public land for affordable housing and other public benefits.
Read MoreExpanding Housing Opportunities through Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons from Two Counties (HUD, 2012)
This HUD PD&R pilot study examines how effective inclusionary zoning programs are as a strategy to increase the supply of affordable housing and further other housing- and community-related goals in two study sites: Montgomery County, MD and Fairfax County, VA.
Read MoreInclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability (NHC, 2014)
This paper profiles six localities that have adopted inclusionary housing policies tied to upzoning, referred to here as “inclusionary upzoning.” Each profile provides a sketch of how the policy is structured and how effective it has been.
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