HUD Releases New Data on Whom LIHTC Program Serves
HUD released Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves: Data on Tenants in LIHTC Units as of December 31, 2015. The report provides information on the income, race, disability status, and household…
Housing Assistance May Provide Health Benefits
A recent study by Deirdre Pfeiffer, “Rental Housing Assistance and Health: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation,” published in Housing Policy Debate reports that low income…
Length of Housing Assistance Driven by Demographics and Housing Market Conditions
A report by Kirk McClure published by HUD, Length of Stay in Assisted Housing, examined the length of time that households receive assistance from one of six HUD programs for low income households,…
Insufficient Evidence Exists on Work Requirements Related to Housing Assistance
A paper by The Urban Institute, Work Requirements in Public Housing Authorities, examines work requirements for public housing and housing choice voucher (HCVs). The large majority of families…
Small Area Fair Market Rents Increase Number of Affordable Rentals for Voucher Holders in Most Metros
A report by NYU’s Furman Center, “How Do Small Area Fair Market Rents Affect the Location and Number of Units Affordable to Voucher Holders,” found that use of Small Area fair market rents (FMRs)…
Housing Needs Have Grown Faster than Available Assistance
A report by G. Thomas Kinsley from the Urban Institute, Trends in Housing Problems and Federal Housing Assistance, finds that the population of low income renters with housing needs grew by 24%…
Nonmetropolitan Voucher Holders Have Greater Access to Opportunity
A paper published in Cityscape by Rebecca Walter and Vince Wang, A Research Note: The Housing Choice Voucher Program and Access to Opportunity in Florida’s Nonmetropolitan Areas, examines the…
Small Area Fair Market Rents Would Increase Housing Opportunities for Voucher Holders in DC Metro Area
An analysis conducted by Jae Sik Jeon featured in Shelterforce shows that the implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area would increase the supply…
Report Highlights Imbalance in Federal Housing Expenditures for High and Low Income Households
A new report by Andew Woo and Chris Salviati at Apartment List, Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8, highlights the significant disparities in the distribution of…
Fewer than Half of Households Given Tenant Protection Vouchers Used Them
A working paper by Vincent Reina and Ben Winter, Safety Net? The Utility of Vouchers When a Place-Based Rental Subsidy Ends, examines the use of Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) for low income…
Trump Budget Includes Harmful Rent Increases for Millions of Low Income Families, Seniors, and People with Disabilities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) estimates President Trump’s budget proposal would allow HUD to increase rents for up to four million HUD-assisted low income families by an average…