Housing Market & Affordable Housing Stock

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  • Market: Rental and homeownership, market preferences, manufactured housing, multifamily housing.
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Housing Market & Affordable Housing Stock Resources

Rental Assistance Demonstration Could Constrain Future Tax Credits

An article in Cityscape examines the role of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) in the conversion of public housing to project-based Section 8 in HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. The article, “The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program and Its Current and Projected…

Report Outlines Approaches to Housing Code Enforcement

A brief from the NYU Furman Center, “Cracking Code Enforcement: How Cities Approach Housing Standards,” analyzes how housing code enforcement policies across the country vary. The paper explores how much policies emphasize neighborhood blight or tenants’ well-being, whether they rely on proactive…

White House Announces Immediate Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply

The White House announced steps to expand the affordable housing supply by 100,000 units for homeowners and renters over the next three years. These steps will create, preserve, and sell units to homeowners and non-profit organizations, with an emphasis on lower- and middle-income families. The…