Affordable Housing Studies
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Pandemic Household Spending Strategies
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard Study: Renters tapped a range of financial resources to make rent even in the face of income lost due to the pandemic.
New Report Shows a Surging Rental Market, Starkly Divided by Race and Renter Incomes
– Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates and driving up rents, according to America’s Rental Housing 2022, a new report released by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. The report indicates that some of the rental rebound reflects the lack of inventory in the for-sale market, which has kept many higher-income renters from buying homes. At the same time, however, many lower-income households, and especially lower-income households of color, still struggle to pay the rent.
Study: Addressing Homelessness Through Hotel Conversions
A TERNER CENTER REPORT - DECEMBER 2021Copyright 2021 Terner Center for Housing InnovationFor more information on the Terner Center, see our website atwww.ternercenter.berkeley.edu Hotel and motel acquisition and conversion can offer a relatively fast and...
New Report Reveals the Challenges of Preserving the Federally Assisted Housing Stock
The 2021 Picture of Preservation is a joint report by the Public and Affordable housing and Research Corporation and the National Low Income Housing Coalition focusing on the challenge of preserving the federally assisted housing stock in the face of the national affordability crisis and chronic underfunding for housing programs.
2021 Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act: Increasing Supply & Access to Affordable Housing in Texas
TAAHP published a white paper summarizing the 2021 Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act and its potential impacts on supply of affordable housing in Texas.
Study reveals impact of Rental Assistance Demonstration Program
This study was published by The Urban Institute Abstract Summary The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program launched nine years ago to test a new strategy intended to maintain public housing stock in light...
Employment-Affected Households Less Likely to Obtain Rental Assistance than Other Safety Net Benefits in 2020
Study shows Employment-Affected Households Less Likely to Obtain Rental Assistance than Other Safety Net Benefits in 2020
Pandemic-weary Parents Spend More Than Half Their Day Worried About Housing According to NHP Foundation Survey
Study from affordable housing provider queried families nationwide on Covid-related housing and financial woes; results point to vulnerability of existing affordable housing and urgent need for more.
New Research Released on the Costs of COVID-19 Evictions
This report, a collaboration between NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice (i4J) Program, highlights some of the public costs of eviction-related homelessness that the United States will incur if we do not provide adequate rental assistance and eviction protection.
Freddie Mac: LIHTC Program Essential to Affordable Housing in Rural Persistent Poverty Counties Across the Country
Freddie Mac released a white paper highlighting the vital role the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program serves in rural counties.
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