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In a new study from Harvard University’s Joint Center on Housing Studies (JCHS), researchers discuss how digitalization – which the authors define as “the strategic use of technologies that collect, create, process, organize, analyze, use, and monetize data” – is affecting how housing is built,...
Study: Neighborhoods Targeted by the Community Reinvestment Act Get Lower-Quality Financial Products
A study published in the Journal of Financial Economics examines the quality of financial services and products offered to neighborhoods targeted by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The study found that while low-to-moderate (LMI) neighborhoods targeted by the CRA receive an increased...
A new report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation explores how lessons learned from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) can aid in building local institutional capacity. The paper draws on interviews with 41 stakeholders with insights into the design and distribution of ERA...
A new report focused on how the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) can be improved for the preservation of housing units has been published by NLIHC and PAHRC. The report highlights how improvements to the quality of property-level LIHTC data, as well as public access to that data, would better...
HUD and the Census Bureau recently announced the 2021 American Housing Survey (AHS) results. The AHS, produced every two years, is the most comprehensive analysis of the nation’s housing inventory and covers a variety of important housing topics, including the composition and quality of the nation...