A new report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness and Enterprise Community Partners shows that access to affordable housing is the key to preventing and ending homelessness…

TOPIC: Economic Impact STATE: Pennsylvania TYPE: Research Report DATE: May 2009 AUTHOR: Econsult Corporation, commissioned by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION: This study recommends…

TOPIC: Economic Impact STATE: North Carolina TYPE: Research Report DATE: May 2009 AUTHOR: National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy DESCRIPTION: In an effort to assess the effectiveness of…

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) reintroduced a broad public housing preservation and resident protection bill on February 17 (see Memo, 7/23/10). The bill, H.R. 672, is cosponsored by House…

TOPIC: Housing Need STATE: Washington TYPE: Research Report DATE: 2011 AUTHOR: Washington Low Income Housing Alliance DESCRIPTION: While homelessness saw a slight decrease, levels across…

Driving Home Economic Recovery, a new report from Live Local Marin, provides compelling new reasons to increase opportunities for people with strong roots in Marin to live closer to where…

The small grants and short-term housing subsidies provided under the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) have helped to shelter thousands of homeless families in the Boston…

Two recent reports emphasize the need to preserve and construct affordable housing around new and proposed Transit Oriented Developments. Maintaining Diversity in America’s Transit-Rich Neighborhoods…

TOPIC: Homelessness STATE: Virginia TYPE: Research Report DATE: November 2010 AUTHOR: Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness DESCRIPTION: This report outlines the status of permanent supportive…

A new paper released in September 2010 by the Urban Institute reviews the efficacy of housing mobility assistance programs that assist people in overcoming barriers to using housing choice vouchers,…

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have released a comprehensive overview of the research conducted on Chicago’s Plan for Transformation (Plan), an initiative to restructure the…

A new commentary on foreclosure and delinquency rates nationwide was published by MetroTrends, the Urban Institute’s web-based report card on social and economic trends in metropolitan America. The…