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The fifth edition of the Menino Survey of Mayors from Boston University’s “Initiative on Cities” found that mayors across the political spectrum identify high housing costs as one of the biggest obstacles to social mobility. Twenty percent of mayors agree that declining housing prices would be good…
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act” now has companion legislation in the House of Representatives, introduced by Representatives Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Elijah Cummings (D-MD). The bill proposes new solutions to…
A report by Andrew Dumont from the Federal Reserve Board examines how states are using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to help rural communities with their affordable housing needs as other federal housing resources for rural housing have declined. Some states appear to allocate…
Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced H.R. 7054, the “Housing Innovation Act,” which would establish an Office of Housing Innovation within HUD. The new office would focus on “developing new approaches for increasing and diversifying the supply of housing and for meeting the challenges…