Nearly Half of Renters Applying for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program after Helene Are Lower-Income
Note: IHP = Individuals and Households ProgramSource: FEMA (2024). OpenFEMA: Individuals and Households Program - Valid Registrations - v1. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from: https://www.fema.gov/api…
Study Finds Crime-Free Housing Policies Increase Evictions by Nearly 25% in California Municipalities
An article in Cityscape, “Analyzing the Effect of Crime-Free Housing Policies on Completed Evictions Using Spatial First Differences,” finds that crime-free housing policies (CFHPs) increase formal…
Marginalized Communities More Likely to Be Displaced and Negatively Impacted by Disasters
A recent article in the American Journal of Public Health, “Prevalence, Correlates, and Impacts of Displacement Because of Natural Disasters in the United States From 2022 to 2023,” investigates the…
Approximately Half of Households with Tenant-Based Vouchers Live in High-Poverty Areas
Note: High-poverty census tracts are generally defined as those with poverty rates higher than 20%.Source: Hawke, S. (2024, October 15). Tracking Investment: Trends in Housing Vouchers and…
NLIHC Disaster Recovery Research Consortium Meets in D.C. to Discuss Opportunities for Collaboration
NLIHC’s Disaster Recovery Research Consortium met in Washington, D.C. between October 22 and 24 to discuss opportunities for collaboration between advocacy and community organizations and research…
Demographic Shifts and Higher Housing Costs Are Leading to More Cost Burdens among Veteran Renters
An article published in Social Currents, “Rent Burden and Demographic Change Among Veterans: A Research Brief,” aims to understand recent trends in rental housing cost burdens and housing…
Housing Cost Burden among Veteran Renters Drastically Increased from 1976 to 2021
Source: Hess, C., Horan, K., Collette, T., Sanchez Cardona, I., Channer, B., & Moore, B. (2024). Rent Burden and Demographic Change Among Veterans: A Research Brief. Social Currents. Available at…
Voucher Recipients Who Port Their Vouchers Tend to Move to Higher-Opportunity Neighborhoods
A recent Cityscape article, “Porting to Opportunity: An Analysis of Portability in the Housing Choice Voucher Program,” examines the association between porting and neighborhood-based opportunity…