Fact of the Week: Percent of Cities with Citywide Laws Criminalizing Homelessness
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.
Point of View: The Post-Election Road Ahead for Affordable Housing
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…
Poverty Crosses Party Lines
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…
Teenagers Benefit in Adulthood from Public Housing and Vouchers
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…
Fact of the Week: Poverty Growth Higher in Republican vs. Democratic Congressional Districts
Source: Kneebone, E. (2016) Poverty Crosses Party Lines. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-crosses-party-lines/#AL.
Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing Benefits Moderate Income Households, But Not the Poor
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…
Fact of the Week: U.S. Citizens Who Reported Voting in November Elections by Household Income (2006-2014)
Source: November 2006-2014 Current Population Survey Data
Follow-Up Family Options Study: Long-Term Housing Subsidies are Most Effective Intervention for Homeless Families
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…
Study Finds Housing Discrimination and Potential Disparate Impact of Criminal Records Screening in DC
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…
Fact of the Week: Average Per-Family Monthly Costs by Homelessness Intervention in the Family Options Study
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.
Social Networks’ Influence on Housing Decisions Can Perpetuate Segregation
A study published in Cityscape titled “Housing Decisions Among Low-Income Hispanic Households in Chicago” by Laura Carrillo, Mary Pattillo, Erin Hardy, and Dolores Acevedo-Garcia finds that…