TOPIC: Homelessness STATE:  New York TYPE: Research Report DATE: March 2010 AUTHOR: Patrick Markee, Senior Policy Analyst, Coalition for the Homeless DESCRIPTION: This report is critical of…

A recent report by the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) found that frequent users of public services benefit greatly when provided with stable housing, leading to decreased re-incarcerations…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on February 16 that highlights the extent to which 2005 disaster programs funded by federal dollars disproportionately favored homeowner…

A study released in December reports that housing cost burdens for households have increased, despite declines in housing prices across the nation. The report, produced by the Center for Housing…

In an oversight report released February 10 titled Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability, the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) found that an expected surge in…

The housing market did not begin to work off its inventory of vacant for-rent and for-sale homes in the last quarter of 2009, according the most recent data from the Housing Vacancy Survey, released…

TOPIC: Manufactured Housing STATE: California TYPE: Research Report DATE: February 2010 AUTHOR: Dewey Bandy, Deputy Director, California Coalition for Rural Housing DESCRIPTION: The second…

TOPIC: Homelessness STATE: Ohio TYPE: Research Report DATE: Early 2010 AUTHOR: Erica Mulryan, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio DESCRIPTION: This report details generally positive…

Poverty rates across the country are growing faster in the suburbs than in cities and rural areas, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.…

A recent study prepared by the Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech and published in the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) concludes that while market factors…

Two new reports focus on the emerging problems in the multifamily housing market and the dire impact such issues could have on low income residents. The first report, Closing the Door…

Increased rental vacancy rates nationwide have not translated into greater availability of homes affordable to low income households and the assisted stock in particular has remained …