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Affordable Housing Studies

2019 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report

Study: Lack of Affordable Housing Affects Health

Housing is central to people’s opportunities for living long and well. Nationwide, housing costs far exceed affordability given local incomes in many communities. As a result, people have no choice but to spend too much on housing, leaving little left for other necessities. In Texas, 13% of households spend more than half of their income on housing costs. Severe housing cost burden ranges from 2% to 24% of households.

The Gap Report March 2019

The Gap Report March 2019: A Shortage of Affordable Homes

The U.S. has a shortage of seven million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income renters, whose household incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income. Only 37 affordable and available rental homes exist for...

Rising Housing Costs

High Rent is Restricting Job Market Growth

From Pacific Standard The cost of housing continues to rise in markets all across the country and Austin is no exception. A recent analysis of data from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that from 1960 to 2016, inflation-adjusted rents increased 61...

Removing Barriers to Accessing High-Productivity Places

Removing Barriers to Accessing High-Productivity Places

Regulatory constraints on housing production have shut millions of Americans out of the country’s most productive labor markets. Historically, Americans have moved to the parts of the country that offered the highest wages and most economic opportunity. This...

Link between Affordable Housing and Economic Mobility

The Link Between Affordable Housing and Economic Mobility

Since its creation in 1986, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program has produced nearly 3 million housing units, making it the most important source of funding for affordable housing. Yet despite the importance of LIHTC to the field of affordable housing,...

Agrihoods

Agrihoods: Cultivating Best Practices

ULI’s Food and Real Estate Project explores the mutually beneficial relationship between food-based amenities—such as working farms, community gardens, food halls, restaurants, and grocery stores—and real estate. It highlights how the growing interest in and...

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