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The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report describing tools available to PHAs to preserve and expand their housing stock. Using data on federally -assisted homes from the National Housing Preservation Database, PAHRC found that the role of PHAs in the...
MDRC released the fourth report in its ongoing evaluation of HUD’s experimental rent reform policy. HUD commissioned MDRC to conduct the Rent Reform Demonstration, which evaluates how an alternative rent policy could reduce work disincentives for HCV households, reduce administrative burden on...
The Housing Crisis Research Collaborative (HCRC) published a report analyzing the purchases of multifamily and single-family rentals in Atlanta, Miami, and Tampa the year before and after the emergence of the pandemic. HCRC found that the pandemic housing crisis has resulted in incremental growth...
Recently, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing conducted an applied policy research project to define a framework for improving resident and property stability post-pandemic, defined as “the ability of a renter household, regardless of means, to live in a safe, decent, and...
Research Shows Rental Markets Have Absorbed Previous Voucher Expansions Without Major Rent Increases
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently published a report disputing suggestions that providing rental assistance to more families through the Build Back Better (BBB) bill will drive up rents by increasing demand for housing or enabling landlords to overcharge. The report...