Hardest Hit Fund’s Greatest Hits (NHC, 2016)
In this brief, the National Housing Conference explores the lessons learned from one of the major forms of federal assistance provided to combat the national foreclosure crisis.
Read MorePreserving Neighborhood Opportunity: Where Federal Housing Subsidies Expire (Housing Policy Debate, 2016)
A study published in Housing Policy Debate by Michael Lens and Vincent Reina found that project-based Section 8 properties with rent restrictions expiring between 2011 and 2020 are on average in higher opportunity neighborhoods than properties supported by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), vouchers, and public housing.
Read MoreWhite House Housing Development Toolkit 2016
The White House released a Housing Development Toolkit outlining a host of policy changes and other regulatory fixes it says will reverse decline and encourage developers to set aside more of their projects for affordable housing.
Read MoreOpportunities for Promoting Credit for Affordable Housing in Rural America (CAP, 2016)
This Center for American Progress issue brief provides an analysis of the areas of opportunity for improving access to credit in rural communities gleaned from discussions in a roundtable convened by the White House Rural Council and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service.
Read MoreBenefits of Living in High-Opportunity Neighborhoods (Urban Institute, 2012)
This Urban Institute white paper examines the benefits of the Moving to Opportunity program.
Read MoreThe Prospects for Guiding Housing Choice Voucher Households to High Opportunity Neighborhoods (Cityscape, 2010)
This University of Kansas white paper examines the question, "If the Moving To Opportunity model were to be used on a larger scale, would enough neighborhoods be available to offer good housing, employment, and educational opportunities?"
Read MoreOpportunity and Location in Federally Subsidized Housing Programs (PRRAC, 2011)
This PRRAC paper is intended to present a civil rights perspective on the federal policy discussion currently underway seeking to harmonize various subsidized housing development rules across the three agencies that sponsor low income housing (HUD, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Agriculture).
Read MoreState of the Nation’s Housing 2016 (JCHS)
The State of the Nation’s Housing, released annually by the Joint Center for Housing Studies, provides a periodic assessment of the nation’s housing outlook and summarizes important trends in the economics and demographics of housing.
Read MoreLeveraging Public Land for Affordable Housing in Northern Virginia: A Primer (NVAHA, 2014)
This primer explores the key issues for the use of public land in meeting affordable housing and other community needs; some examples of how public lands have been used in the Washington metropolitan region; and implications for policies that could systematize the prioritization of public land for affordable housing and other public benefits.
Read MorePublic Land for Public Good: Making the Most of City Land to Meet Affordable Housing Needs (Coalition for Smarter Growth, 2012)
The purpose of this paper is to assess how the District can more effectively use its own land to better address the needs of D.C. residents and build a more sustainable and economically integrated city.
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