Housing Assistance

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Housing Assistance Resources

NLIHC Report Finds Long Waits for Federal Housing Assistance

NLIHC released today a new report titled Housing Spotlight: The Long Wait for a Home about Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) and Public Housing waiting lists. An NLIHC survey of Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) indicated that 53% of HCV waiting lists were closed to new applicants and another 4% were…

USDA Releases New Tool to Help Identify At-Risk Properties

USDA released a new tool on September 19 to help communities and advocates identify affordable housing developments at risk of leaving USDA’s portfolio once the property’s USDA loan matures. Once a USDA loan is paid in full, owners are under no obligation to maintain the properties as affordable…

Study Identifies Barriers to Housing Choice and Mobility for Voucher Holders

A paper published in Housing Policy Debate by Erin Graves of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston titled “Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program” reviews findings from twenty qualitative studies of the HCV program published between 2000 and 2014…