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Abt Associates released a report documenting the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation of Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) programs that Compass Working Capital (Compass) administers in six multifamily rental housing properties in partnership with the nonprofit Preservation of...
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released its annual Housing Impact Report on employment trends of career-age families during the pandemic. Researchers found that in 2020, publicly supported homes improved the housing and financial security of 5.8...
HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on its survey of public housing authorities (PHAs) with a HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. The HUD OIG review of challenges that participating PHAs face...
Recently, HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) published a congressional report on the percentage of HUD funds allocated to communities with persistent poverty counties and high-poverty areas. The report analyzes 13 HUD programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV...
Recently, HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) published a congressional report on the percentage of HUD funds allocated to communities with persistent poverty counties and high-poverty areas. The report analyzes 13 HUD programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV...
In their recent report “Why Do Households of Color Own Only a Quarter of the Nation’s Housing Wealth When They Compose a Third of the Nation’s Households?,” researchers at the Urban Institute explore why households of color build less wealth from homeownership than white...
In a report published in September 2021, the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) examines how public housing authorities (PHAs) and affordable rental housing providers are assisting people with mental and physical health challenges, and...
Released on October 21, the joint National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the Public Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) report 2021 Picture of Preservation estimates that more than 175,000 federally assisted homes could be lost from the nation’...
On October 12, Abt Associates released two reports to present an evaluation of the impacts and net monetary benefits associated with innovative implementation of the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program administered by Compass Working Capital in partnership with local housing agencies. The...
On September 30, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversight of CARES Act funds. The CARES Act appropriated $12.4 billion to HUD to help...