In the Third Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress released this week, HUD estimates that 671,888 individuals were either living in emergency or transitional shelters or were on the street on…
The housing market will not rebound in 2008. That is the conclusion of the State of the Nation’s Housing 2008, the annual report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released…
A study prepared by the Urban Institute found that when buyer and loan characteristics are equal, African American and Latino borrowers are charged roughly $400 more in loan fees by FHA insured loan…
A study released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on May 30 offers seven facts regarding the subprime-lending crisis, several of which contradict claims frequently made in the media. The report’…
A study released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on May 30 offers seven facts regarding the subprime-lending crisis, several of which contradict claims frequently made in the media. The report’…
A recent survey of adults 45 years old and older finds that 26% of respondents said that changes in the economy made it difficult for their families to pay the mortgage or rent. Fully 53% said they…
The Coalition for the Homeless, an NLIHC partner, released its ninth annual State of the Homeless, an assessment of homelessness in New York City. With more than 9,000 families in shelter each night…
A new study by the Center for Housing Policy and New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, released in March 2008, investigates the effects of inclusionary zoning (IZ)…
HUD and the Bureau of the Census recently released a report to Congress titled “Intergenerational Housing Needs and HUD Program Options.” This study was produced in compliance with the congressional…
Released March 25 by the Vermont Housing Council and the Vermont Housing Awareness Campaign, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont effectively illustrates both how trends in…
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) has published a series of reports documenting the policy initiatives and resources that each state and 10 multi-state regions have dedicated to…
On January 7, 2008, Traiger and Hinckley, LLP, a law firm that specializes in fair lending counsel and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance, released a report titled The Community Reinvestment…
