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Housing Action Illinois has published a report analyzing the frequency of loan modifications made by loan servicers for homeowners facing foreclosure in Illinois. The study aims to determine whether current efforts to assist homeowners to avoid foreclosure are working, and to identify existing…
TOPIC: Subsidized Housing
STATE: Minnesota
TYPE: Research Report
DATE: November 2008
AUTHOR: Leigh Rosenberg, Minnesota Housing Partnership
DESCRIPTION: This report is based on interviews with 161 applicants for the Housing Choice Voucher program in Minneapolis. Among the findings are that…
HUD-assisted households are more likely to be female-headed, minority, older, and have lower levels of education when compared to all renters that were income-eligible for HUD rental assistance in 2003.
These are just some of the findings from a recent report from HUD on the characteristics of…
TOPIC: Subsidized Housing
STATE: Maine
TYPE: Research Report
DATE: May 2008
AUTHOR: Maine Center for Economic Policy
DESCRIPTION: This report details the results of a survey of 100% of Maine’s Section 8 voucher administrators, provides an overview of the Section 8 program in the…