Memo to Members

Source:  Boston University Initiative on Cities. (2018) Menino Survey of Mayors: 2017. Boston, MA

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,…

The Boston University Initiative on Cities released the results of its 2017 survey of 115 mayors of cities with at least 75,000 residents. Fifty-one percent of the mayors surveyed identified housing…

Source: American Housing Survey, 2013

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)…

Source: NYU Furman Center (2018).

A study from Urban Institute, The Relationship between Housing and Asthma among School-Age Children, explores connections between housing and childhood asthma using data from the 2015 American…

Source: Urban Institute, Analysis of the 2015 American Housing Survey.

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). America’s Rental Housing 2017. Cambridge, MA: Author.

Source: HUD. (2017). The 2017 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/29/2017); 2011-15 American Community Survey

In preparation for the 2017 election, affordable housing advocates in Virginia launched the Campaign for Housing and Civic Engagement (CHACE) in conjunction with Our Homes, Our Voices National…