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The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University published its annual report, America’s Rental Housing 2022, describing a “surging rental market, starkly divided by race and renter income.”
Key Findings
Rental markets rebounded rapidly – Marked by low vacancy rates...
A new research article published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine found that eviction causes not only financial shock, poor mental health, and displacement, but also impacts healthcare utilization and healthcare access. From a database of 20,810 reported residential evictions in...
The Terner Center and The Housing Crisis Research Collaborative released a joint report evaluating how hotel and motel acquisition and conversion can expand the supply of affordable housing more rapidly and more cost-effective than new construction projects. According to the report, distressed...
NLIHC released a new report that provides a descriptive analysis of policies related to new tenant protections and emergency rental assistance (ERA) that have emerged in states and local governments during the ongoing pandemic. In 2021 alone, states and localities passed or implemented over 130...
From The NYCHA Journal:
In 2021, NYCHA farms produced 22,000 pounds of organic fresh vegetables, greens, and herbs. There are currently seven farms on the Authority’s open spaces. The inaugural farm at Red Hook Houses was launched in 2013. The other six farms are located at Wagner Houses, Howard...
From Fox 40 Sacramento:
Project Homekey funding is helping a downtown Sacramento motel be transformed into Central Sacramento Studios, housing for the homeless community.
The Best Western Plus Sutter House on H Street will become a permanent housing solution for unhoused Sacramentans. The...
From WFAA Dallas/Fort Worth:
“We are in my home,” Laura Lyday says with a smile. “My little bungalow is what I call it.”
Lyday’s "bungalow" is a small studio-style room in a converted hotel. She was homeless off and on for 11 years, often sleeping in a tent, and it’s only when she reflects on...
From the Boston Herald:
Boston’s kicking in $40 million to create 718 new housing units, Mayor Michelle Wu announced.
“Housing is health,” Wu said in a press conference on Tuesday. “It is opportunity and safety and stability and a monthly foundation for our recovery from this pandemic.”
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From KPBS San Diego:
The city of San Diego and the San Diego Housing Commission have been awarded $8.3 million from the federal government to support the COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program, it was announced Wednesday.
The funds were reallocated from other jurisdictions across the...
From the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers' press release:
Thanks to a new partnership between The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and Westhab, low-income residents in the City of Yonkers will benefit from a rental subsidy that will reduce their rents...