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A new paper published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work discusses service coordination efforts in HUD-assisted housing during the pandemic. Researchers at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies conducted two surveys of service coordinators who worked with older residents of HUD...
Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty, a new report from Child Trends, found that housing assistance played a significant role in reducing childhood poverty. The report examines the effects of social safety net programs on the Supplemental Poverty Measure from 1993 – 2019. Overall,...
The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) released a report last week on how housing finance agencies (HFAs) are filling funding gaps. The urgent need for more affordable housing units has been exacerbated by market conditions, a growing shortfall of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (...
Researchers from Tulane University and the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative examine a new study on whether access to knowledge about eviction court procedures affected tenants’ eviction case outcomes. The quasi-experimental study focuses on tenant outcomes in eviction proceedings...
Freddie Mac recently published a study titled Risks and Impacts of Expiring LIHTC Restrictions and the Outcomes of Properties that Exit. Specifically, the study examines what happens to a property after it leaves the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and therefore is no longer subject...
UC Berkeley’s Terner Center and the Center for Community Innovation recently published new research on racial and economic barriers that exist in Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) construction. ADUs are a popular strategy to expand the housing supply and California has recently passed several laws...
On June 22, the Harvard Joint Center on Housing Studies released the State of the Nation’s Housing 2022 Report. Major themes included the soaring costs of housing coupled with rising demand, and high construction levels in response.
Apartment rents were up 12%...
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...
The Coalition for the Homeless annual report, State of the Homeless, grades both New York City and State on their abilities to meet the needs of unsheltered individuals, offer access to low-barrier shelters and psychiatric services, and provide affordable housing options for extremely low-income...
The Terner Center released a report analyzing the geography of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) disbursement and where local capacity gaps may be hindering the ERA Take-Up Rate, a measure of the number of ERA payments divided by the number of very low-income renter households (i.e....