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Several initiatives are underway at all levels of government to try and solve the dual problems of empty offices and insufficient housing. These include $400 million in incentives for adaptive residential reuse efforts in California’s 2022-24 budget, a hotel-to-housing conversion bill in New York...
A new peer-reviewed study found that building multiple publicly subsidized low-income housing developments in a neighborhood doesn’t lower the value of other homes in the area and can in fact increase their worth. The study looked at 500 developments built in the Chicago area from 1997-2016 that...
According to NLIHC’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) database, approximately $16.1 billion of SLFRF funds have been invested in housing as of October 2022. States and localities have allocated around $6.3 billion of SLFRF funds for housing development, a figure that increased by over...
A new study from the Terner Center models the new housing supply in Los Angeles. The study uses the Terner Center’s newly upgraded Housing Policy Dashboard to showcase an innovative method of informing land-use policies at the local level. The study’s modeling can be used by policymakers to...
Last month, HUD published its FY23 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, noting that for the first time HUD will supplement public data with data from private sources to ensure the accuracy of the FY23 FMRs. CLPHA has long...
Fulfilling expectations before the end of the month, the U.S. Senate released their version of the FY23 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill on July 28. Since there is a budget impasse for overall spending levels, affecting all twelve...
A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that many renters still struggled to pay rent despite the help provided by rental relief measures. The analysis found that while emergency rental assistance programs were helpful to families that lost income, rent hardship...
In a recent article for Governing, “SRO Housing, Nearly Zoned Out of Existence, Could Re-Emerge,” author Jake Blumgart explores the history and future of single-room occupancy (SRO) units. SRO units are an important form of affordable housing for low-income people. However, beginning in the early...