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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on eviction data collection. Estimates suggest that millions of renters are evicted each year, but according to the report, there is little comprehensive data on evictions. Estimates are primarily based on two sources: court records...
A study from the RAND Corporation evaluates the effect crime-free housing policies (CFHPs) had on crime rates and evictions over the past 25 years and explores the implementation of these polices. The authors also investigate how population demographics differ between the municipalities with CFHPs...
A study published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society asks the fundamental question of why the economy’s equilibrium mechanisms have thus far failed to lift communities out of persistent poverty. The author theorizes that areas suffering from persistent poverty exhibit...
A study published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society asks the fundamental question of why the economy’s equilibrium mechanisms have thus far failed to lift communities out of persistent poverty. The author theorizes that areas suffering from persistent poverty exhibit...
8 CLPHA Members Earn VASH Awards
We are pleased to announce that several of our members have been awarded crucial funding to support homeless veterans in finding permanent housing. HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded $14 million in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive...
From the Memphis Housing Authority's website:
It’s not easy to see a doctor. If you try to book an appointment with a new doctor, you’ll have to wait an average of 26 days until your appointment. To speed up the process, you may look into an urgent care facility. The few we have in Memphis...
From the City of Austin's press release:
The City of Austin Housing Department celebrates the monumental opening of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) first permanent supportive housing community. Espero Rutland is located in District 4 at 1934 Rutland Drive. The development...
From Atlanta Housing's website:
In alignment with the agency’s Five-Year Strategic Plan, which sets a goal of creating or preserving 10,000 affordable units, Atlanta Housing is moving forward with its priority to activate more than 300 acres of its vacant land to achieve 5,000 new units of housing...
From Fox 61 New Haven:
The housing crisis is creating a dire situation for many people across Connecticut. Now, New Haven leaders are introducing a new ordinance to add more options for affordable housing.
“We all are very concerned about access to housing,” said New Haven’s Mayor...
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release:
A vacant portion of a transit station parking lot will be transformed into nearly 100 new affordable rental apartments for families with lower income through the new construction of SkyLINE Apartments, which celebrated its groundbreaking today...