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A new study from the Urban Institute explores whether providing cash transfers to young men at risk of violence exposure can help improve their health and well-being. The results suggest that cash transfers alone reduce risky behaviors for young men at risk of violence exposure. Cash transfers...
A recent blog post from the Urban Institute’s Housing Matters Initiative examines how housing policy can help address intensifying climate change through the lens of the Washington, D.C. region. Building energy consumption accounts for 74% of all emissions in D.C., while residential energy use...
HUD PD&R conducted a qualitative case study of the Coordinated Entry for All System in King County, Washington. In King County’s coordinated entry (CE) system, Continuums of Care (CoCs) prioritize individuals experiencing homelessness through a standard assessment of individuals’ vulnerability...
The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is one of the leading housing authorities in the field of digital equity, offering several services to residents to improve digital inclusion. Eight years ago, HACA identified that their residents were missing out on the many online services and...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research recently highlighted initiatives in Atlanta, Louisville, and Milwaukee that are expanding homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. Despite the trend of LMI residents being priced out by for-profit institutional investors who...
From HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
In 2022, more than 800 young people between the ages of 12 and 24 experienced homelessness in Pierce County, Washington. Many youth end up on the streets because of neglect, abuse, or discrimination in their home environment. Those...
Recently, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released a report on the role of ballot measure campaigns in securing new resources for affordable homes, strengthening tenant protections, and solving homelessness. The report reviews best practices for launching campaigns, building...
In March 2022, the University of California at Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation released a report on California’s Homekey program, which allocated funding for public agencies to buy underused properties, namely hotels and motels, and convert them into housing for people...
From HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
Bayshore Villas embodies Puerto Rico’s new vision for affordable housing. Replacing an outdated public housing development in San Juan’s Puerta de Tierra neighborhood, the 174-unit complex is the commonwealth’s second mixed-income...
Produced by researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, a new report discusses the work Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) has done since 2011 in helping stabilize Chicago’s Woodlawn’s neighborhood’s housing stock in the wake of the Great...