Nationally, a non-elderly adult with disabilities who relies on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) would need to pay 112% of their monthly income to be assured of finding a modest, affordable, one-…
Tenants Together, California’s statewide organization for renters’ rights, published a report in March on the issues facing California renters in the foreclosure crisis. Using statewide data, the…
TOPIC: Community Development
STATE: California
TYPE: Research Report
DATE: August 2009
AUTHOR: Housing California
DESCRIPTION: This report evaluates the effectiveness of bonds used to fund…
The Environmental Protection Agency published a March 2009 report analyzing the shift in geography of residential construction. Using building permit data, the research concludes that from 1990 to…
The Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota posted a report on March 18 analyzing the characteristics of individuals facing foreclosure in Minneapolis and found that the majority…
In a comprehensive report on child homelessness released March 10, the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) compiles information from a wide variety of sources to rank the 50 states on the…
Climate change legislation is expected with the Obama administration, and measures to mitigate its effects on low income families are anticipated. On February 19, the Center on Budget and Policy…
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Low Income Housing Coalition have published a joint report reviewing the rights (or lack thereof) of tenants in foreclosure in…
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) released on February 25 a report reviewing homelessness prevention programs in 25 states. The report argues that the economic downturn…
The Brookings Institution has published a report calling for a four-pronged approach to dealing with the mortgage foreclosure crisis and its secondary effects on neighborhood vitality. The report…
The proportion of renters among U.S. households has increased steadily in recent months, according to the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which ended in…
The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO), an NLIHC state partner, has undertaken Ohio’s first statewide effort at united data collection and reporting on people experiencing…
