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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The National Housing Law Project will hold a webinar on HUD’s final rule implementing the housing provisions of the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013” (VAWA) rule (see Memo, 10/31/16). HUD also released a notice of occupancy rights under VAWA, a model emergency transfer plan, and…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) released Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. JCHS projects that the number of households headed by someone aged 65 and over will grow from 29.9 million in 2015 to 49.6 million…
A study conducted by the Equal Rights Center, a national civil rights organization, found evidence of housing discrimination against black women with criminal histories in the District of Columbia rental market. In paired testing, the study found that white women with criminal histories were more…
A report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) titled Housing the Extended Family examines the implications of changing trends in family composition for housing policy. The report finds that the changing composition of families, particularly the growth of “extended families,” will require…