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November 14, 2016

Teenagers Benefit in Adulthood from Public Housing and Vouchers

Memo to Members

A new study by Fredrik Andersson, John Haltiwanger, Mark Kutzbach, Giordano E. Palloni, Henry Pollakowski, and Daniel Weinberg found that young adults who had lived in public or voucher-assisted…

November 7, 2016

Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing Benefits Moderate Income Households, But Not the Poor

Memo to Members

The commercial real estate information company CoStar released new data on rental homes that are affordable without public subsidy, known as naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). CoStar…

October 31, 2016

Follow-Up Family Options Study: Long-Term Housing Subsidies are Most Effective Intervention for Homeless Families

Memo to Members

HUD released the follow-up findings of its Family Options Study, which show that after 37 months long-term housing subsidies, primarily Housing Choice Vouchers, remain the most effective intervention…

April 11, 2016

Homeless Families Use Key Safety Net Programs at Greater Rate than Others in Deep Poverty

Memo to Members

A research brief by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled Are Homeless Families Connected to the Safety Net? finds that homeless families with children in emergency shelters…

April 4, 2016

Formerly Homeless Parents Struggle to Access Preschool

Memo to Members

A report published by The Cloudburst Group and sponsored by HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research titled A Qualitative Assessment of Parental Preschool Choices and Challenges among Families…

April 4, 2016

Affordable Rental Housing Lacking in 11 Largest Metropolitan Areas

Memo to Members

A report by New York University’s Furman Center and Capital One titled Renting In America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas shows that growth in the rental housing stock in the 11 largest metropolitan…

March 28, 2016

U.S. Lacks Housing for 7.2 Million Lowest Income Renters

Memo to Members

NLIHC released a new report on March 24 titled The Gap: The Affordable Housing Gap Analysis, 2016 that documents a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental units for the nation’s 10.4…

March 28, 2016

Transportation Costs Make Section 8 Properties Unaffordable in Many Areas

Memo to Members

An article published by Housing Policy Debate titled “How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?” examines transportation costs for residents living in Section 8 multifamily properties. The study’s…

March 21, 2016

Wage Inequality Continues 35-Year Rise

Memo to Members

A report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) titled Wage Inequality Continued its 35-year Rise in 2015 shows that real hourly wages in America increased from 2014 to 2015 by 2.1% only because of a…

November 6, 2017

Temporary Shelter Assistance and Other Housing Options Provided to Residents of Puerto Rico

The following are updates on hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico related to Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s request for FEMA to approve Temporary Sheltering Assistance (TSA) to provide residents…

November 6, 2017

Texas Hurricane Housing Recovery Updates

The following are updates on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in Texas related to a request from the Governor’s Commission to Rebuild Texas for $61 billion in additional federal assistance for…

November 6, 2017

Senators from Florida and Texas Weigh In on Disaster Recovery

Senators from Florida and Texas raised concerns about delays in disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and called for action from the administration, Congress,…

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