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Affordable Housing Initiatives in Major Texas Metros

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In addition, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University is a think tank that focuses on urban issues through informed research, data and policy analysis. The Institute published a report on how to build a resilient and equitable housing system from the remnants of a natural disaster.

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Housing Studies
Report: Risk Threatening Affordable Housing Preservation
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report, 2020 Picture of Preservation, that explores the pivotal role the federal government plays in building and preserving affordable rental homes at a time when millions of people in America are facing housing instability during the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights the need for additional resources to protect the affordability of these homes; nearly 300,000 may be lost from the nation’s affordable stock in the next five years.
Analyzing the Impact of Lowering the 50% Test for 4% Tax-Exempt Bond-Financed Properties
This week, NCSHA published a report showing how lowering the “financed-by” threshold — commonly referred to as the 50 percent test — for bond-financed Housing Credit projects would impact available Private Activity Bond cap and could increase multifamily affordable housing production.
Study: Filtering of Apartment Housing between 1980 and 2018
A better understanding of the detailed nature of our housing affordability challenges is more important than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the finances of millions of Americans which will further exacerbate the shortage of workforce housing that pre-dated...
Texans Spending Too Much on Housing
Texans say they are spending too much on housing. New statewide poll results released found nearly half of Texas adults say it is difficult for them to find affordable housing in the area where they live, and a similar share believe they spend too much of their income on housing. The independent poll was conducted by the Texas Lyceum, the 40-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan leadership organization.
Report: Over 1.7 Million Texas Households Housing are Cost-Burdened
In Texas the report shows that the number of households that were moderately or severely housing cost burdened has grown from 1.3 million in 2008 to over 1.7 million by 2018.
“Don’t Put It Here!” Does Affordable Housing Cause Nearby Property Values to Decline?
This policy brief summarizes the conclusions of several reviews and critiques of the growing body of research on whether subsidized affordable housing for low- to moderate-income residents causes nearby property values to decline. It also highlights some of the most recent work in this area carried out by researchers.
Harris County Moves to Influence Housing Tax Credit Applications for Affordable Housing
Harris County is planning a strategy to attempt to influence housing tax credit applications to get more applications approved for affordable housing desperately needed in the area.
Minimum Wage Workers Can’t Afford Apartments in Texas
According to a new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a person working full time would need to earn $16.51 per hour in order to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Texas.
Freddie Mac: Diminishing Housing Affordability is Inescapable
Freddie Mac tracks multifamily rental affordability at the unit level by comparing area median income (AMI) data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) with rent data from the American Community Survey (ACS)i. The basic finding is that population growth is negatively correlated with an area’s ability to preserve affordable housing.