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NYU Furman Center published a report highlighting the impact of land use restrictions on the economy, racial equity, and the environment. By measuring New York City’s housing creation prior to the pandemic, researchers found that housing construction has remained stagnant in the city’s...
The Urban Institute (UI) recently published the first long-term impact assessment of Atlanta’s East Lake Initiative, a comprehensive community initiative that has directly invested or leveraged more than $600 million into the East Lake community since 1995 and is one of the nation’s first efforts...
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...
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University published its annual report, America’s Rental Housing 2022, describing a “surging rental market, starkly divided by race and renter income.”
Key Findings
Rental markets rebounded rapidly – Marked by low vacancy rates...
The Terner Center and The Housing Crisis Research Collaborative released a joint report evaluating how hotel and motel acquisition and conversion can expand the supply of affordable housing more rapidly and more cost-effective than new construction projects. According to the report, distressed...
NLIHC released a new report that provides a descriptive analysis of policies related to new tenant protections and emergency rental assistance (ERA) that have emerged in states and local governments during the ongoing pandemic. In 2021 alone, states and localities passed or implemented over 130...
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...
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...