The most recent Housing Vacancy Survey, released by the U.S. Census for the first quarter of 2008, shows that the vacancy rate for ownership units has risen to 2.9%, the highest since these data have…
A report released this week by the Louisiana Justice Institute and the Children’s Defense Fund finds that 55% of surveyed FEMA trailer residents are unsure where they will live and could easily…
TOPIC: Subsidized Housing
STATE: Maine
TYPE: Research Report
DATE: May 2008
AUTHOR: Maine Center for Economic Policy
DESCRIPTION: This report details the results of a survey of 100%…
Shelter Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness in Los Angeles County, released a strategic plan that included the first-ever comprehensive study of the older homeless population in…
The Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), an NLIHC partner, has released recent reports on the state’s voucher program and the state’s approach to the foreclosure crisis.
A Model For…
The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED), a NLIHC partner, has released Indiana Property Taxes: Is Property Tax Relief or Tax Restructuring the Solution? In the face of…
In a supplemental report released the week of February 25, HUD reports that the number of disabled non-elderly renter households with worst case housing needs in 2005 was 1.1 million, more than…
On February 7, 2008, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) released its latest Quarterly Survey which shows that the current turmoil in the financial market is having mixed effects on the…
TOPIC: Foreclosure
STATE: Nevada
TYPE: Slideshow
DATE: February 2008
AUTHOR: Gail Burks, Nevada Fair Housing Center, Inc.
DESCRIPTION: This presentation provides an overview of the…
On January 7, 2008, HUD released a study that is the first to quantify, on a nationwide basis, the cost of excessive site development regulation on affordable housing. The objective of this study,…
TOPIC: Property Tax
STATE: Indiana
TYPE: Research Report
DATE: January 2008
AUTHOR: Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED)
DESCRIPTION: This report explores…
