A study by Cheryl Young of Trulia found that low income housing funded by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) did not impact the value of nearby homes. Her analysis included 3,083 LIHTC…
A report by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) found an increase in the criminalization of homelessness over the past 10 years in U.S. cities. NLCHP recommends more sensible…
Source: National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. (2016). Housing Not Handcuffs: Ending the Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities. Washington, D.C: Author.
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
The stunning election results are still sinking in, and there remain more questions than answers to what it all means. In all the uncertainty, this much is…
A report by Elizabeth Kneebone at the Brookings Institution examines poverty trends in Republican and Democratic congressional districts. The report, titled Poverty Crosses Party Lines, demonstrates…
A new study by Fredrik Andersson, John Haltiwanger, Mark Kutzbach, Giordano E. Palloni, Henry Pollakowski, and Daniel Weinberg found that young adults who had lived in public or voucher-assisted…
Source: Kneebone, E. (2016) Poverty Crosses Party Lines. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-crosses-party-lines/#AL.
The commercial real estate information company CoStar released new data on rental homes that are affordable without public subsidy, known as naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). CoStar…
HUD released the follow-up findings of its Family Options Study, which show that after 37 months long-term housing subsidies, primarily Housing Choice Vouchers, remain the most effective intervention…
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…
Source: Gubits et al. 2016. Family Options Study: 3-year Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
