Study Finds Economic Recovery Alone Does Not Solve the Shortage of Affordable Housing
A study by Jerry Anthony, “Economic Prosperity and Housing Affordability in the United States: Lessons from the Booming 1990s,” published in Housing Policy Debate explores whether economic growth…
Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Households Receiving HUD Rental Assistance Are Elderly, Disabled, Working, or Receiving TANF
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of 2015 and 2016 HUD administrative data.
Non-Working HUD-Assisted Households May Face Employment Barriers
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Employment and Earnings for Households Receiving Federal Rental Assistance, shows that 89% of HUD-assisted households are seniors or disabled,…
Point of View: HUD Plans to Increase Rents and Impose Work Requirements - by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEO Last week, I read an internal HUD draft bill that confirmed what many of us suspected: Secretary Carson is planning, through his FY19 budget request and…
Appropriations Chairman Frelinghuysen to Retire after Term Ends
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, announced on January 29 that he will not seek reelection. Mr. Frelinghuysen served twelve terms in the House…
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Shows Promising Results
A brief released by Compass Working Capital and Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), Promoting Economic Mobility in Multifamily Housing: Initial Outcomes from Family Self-Sufficiency Programs,…
Fact of the Week: Number of Low-Cost Rental Homes Declined while High-Cost Rentals Surged from 2006 to 2016
Source: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, America’s Rental Housing 2017, www.jchs.harvard.edu. All rights reserved. An interactive chart for U.S. and metro areas is available at: http://bit…
Fact of the Week: Mayors Cite Lack of State or Federal Funds as Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Need for Affordable Housing
Source: Boston University Initiative on Cities. (2018) Menino Survey of Mayors: 2017. Boston, MA
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,…
Mayors Identify Lack of Affordable Housing as Major Concern in New Survey
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…
Fact of the Week: Poor Households with Severe Housing Cost Burdens Face Greater Housing Instability
Source: American Housing Survey, 2013