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The Federal Reserve Board issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022 report, which examines the financial lives of U.S. adults and their families. The report found that despite a strong labor market, with one-third of adults receiving a raise or promotion last year, high prices...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) published a report detailing findings on the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice Mobility Implementation. RAD residents have a right called choice mobility, which allows them to request tenant-based rental assistance after living...
From HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
In 2017, HUD awarded $33 million to 10 Continuums of Care (CoCs) in Round 1 of its Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and implement coordinated community approaches to preventing and ending homelessness of...
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation's (PAHRC) new report, How Public Housing Authorities are Addressing Equity, finds that while more than four out of five public housing agencies (PHAs) surveyed have implemented a strategy to help residents achieve successful outcomes, only one...
A new brief from the Urban Institute offers lessons from six cities and counties on using the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)’s $350 billion State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) for affordable housing purposes. The brief utilizes program data reported by SLFRF recipients along with...
From the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley:
As communities across the country grapple with rising housing costs and widening inequality, state legislatures are taking action and seeking solutions to encourage housing production by targeting one key factor: restrictive local land...
A new brief from HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides strategies to engage with and build strong relationships with people experiencing homelessness, offer effective mental health and/or substance use disorder treatments, and improve retention in...
On November 3, 2022, the Stanford Social Innovation Review released a new article as part of their Collaboration for Housing Justice Series. “Housing and Health: Creating Solutions with Communities” provides findings from the Kresge Foundation from their 31 grantees who are working in the...
A new study from Justice 4 Housing and Harvard Law School’s Tenant Advocacy Project analyzes how barriers to housing can be reduced for people with criminal records in Massachusetts. Housing access is fundamental to reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into communities. Research shows...
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,...