List of Housing Resarch Repository articles that focus on Housing Assistance: vouchers, subsidies, public housing and other public assistance.
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President Biden released on April 28 the “American Families Plan,” a $1.8 trillion companion bill to the $2.5 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” The American Families Plan would invest in education, childcare, and paid leave, among other priorities. The proposal calls for making community college free…
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley released a report outlining a new framework for federal housing policy, “Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States.” The report provides recommendations for how the administration can…
NLIHC tracks state and local emergency rental assistance programs created or expanded in response to COVID-19 and collects in-depth information on each program. As of April 28, NLIHC had identified 267 emergency rental assistance programs funded through the $25 billion Treasury Emergency…
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Deemed Ineligible: Reasons Homeowners in Puerto Rico Were Denied Aid After Hurricane María,” identifies several key reasons homeowner applicants were denied or received insufficient assistance from FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP) after Hurricane…