Fact of the Week: Most Female-Headed Households with Vouchers Live in Distressed Neighborhoods
Source: Schwartz, A., McClure, K., & Taghavi, L. (2016). Vouchers and neighborhood distress: The unrealized potential for families with Housing Choice Vouchers to reside in neighborhoods with…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Projects Significant Growth in Older Households
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) released Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. JCHS projects that the number…
Fact of the Week: Growth in Older Households with a Disability from 2015 to 2035
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016.) Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. Cambridge, MA: Author.
Fact of the Week: Number of Beneficiaries of Mortgage Interest Tax Break
Source: Tax Policy Center, 2016.
Fact of the Week: Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless Veterans
Source: The 2016 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, 2007 – 2016 Point-in-Time Estimates by States.
Mobility Program Provides Access to Higher Quality Neighborhoods
A study titled “The Effects of a Housing Mobility Experiment on Participants’ Residential Environments” by Quynh Nguyen, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Nicole Schmidt, and Theresa Osypuk published this…
Study Finds Low Income Housing Has No Effect on Nearby Home Values
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…
Criminalization of Homelessness Increases in U.S. Cities
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…
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…