Articles that explore segments of the population often with unique needs and/or higher risks of housing instability. These include rural communities, low income households, veterans, minorities and women. This category also includes articles related to fair housing, including accessibility, discrminiation and interventions such as AFFH.
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Special Populations & Fair Housing Resources
A study by David Schwegman published in Housing Policy Debate, “Rental Market Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From a Pairwise-Matched Email Correspondence Test,” examines housing discrimination against same-sex couples. Same-sex male couples, especially non-white same-sex male…
A report from Apartment List, The Housing Affordability Struggle of 21st Century Veterans, finds that post-9/11 veterans are more likely to struggle with housing affordability than veterans of previous generations. They are 5% more likely than non-veterans of their own age, race, and gender to be…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released Housing America’s Older Adults: 2018, which highlights the need to provide safe, affordable, and accessible housing to the nation’s aging population. More than half of the nation’s householders are at least 50 years of age, and…
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the “Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2018” on November 13. The bill aims to protect low income families and veterans from housing discrimination based on a person’s source of income and veteran status.
Ten states, the District of Columbia…