A recent progress report of the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program (BHMP) shows that 86% of surveyed voucher participants in the BHMP program say that their neighborhoods are better or…
Before the recent passage of the extended and expandedhomebuyer tax credit (see related article elsewhere in Memo),the federal government was spending more than $220 billion on homeownership…
Based on findings from the National Center for Healthy Housing’s (NCHH) annual Consumer Research Survey conducted in July, NCHH has published a brief that reports that nearly half (49%) of survey…
A new study from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) shows that renters and homeowners across the New Orleans metro area are increasingly burdened by low incomes and…
Measures of poverty that fail to take disability into account likely underestimate the level of income that people with disabilities need in order to meet basic needs such as food and housing, a…
In a recent test, 82% of rental homes in New Orleans were not available to holders of Housing Choice Vouchers, severely limiting the actual housing choices of program participants. Based on…
The impacts of a climate bill that would place a cap on carbon emissions will vary across states and income brackets, according to a new study released by the Political Economy …
Children in higher income families raised in high poverty neighborhoods are 53% more likely to be worse off economically than their parents when compared to those raised in communities…
A new report by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) and the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) ranks the nation’s “Top 10 Meanest Cities” based on city…
A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives finds a correlation between the quality and characteristics of housing and the quality of health over time. The study found that…
In its fourth annual homeless assessment report released July 9, HUD finds that the number of families experiencing homelessness increased by 9% in 2008. As a result, fully 32% of …
A new guide by Green For All and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy concludes that current weatherization and retrofitting programs are inefficiently structured to achieve the greenhouse…
