Quality of Where People Live after Incarceration Varies by Race
A research brief from the University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Research on Poverty titled How does incarceration affect where people live after prison, and does it vary by race? reports that after…
NLIHC Releases Report on Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections
NLIHC released a new report, Voters Choose Housing: A Summary of Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections, on December 15. The report gives an overview of nearly 100…
NLIHC Releases Report on Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections
NLIHC released a new report, Voters Choose Housing: A Summary of Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections, on Thursday, December 15. The report gives an overview of…
2012 Supplemental Poverty Measure Higher than Official Poverty Rate
The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2012 Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) on November 6. According to the new report, the national SPM 16% nationally for 2012, about 1 percentage point higher than…
Report: Affordable Rental Housing Shortage Impacts Every State in the Nation
February 28, 2013CONTACT: Amy Clark, [email protected], 206.240.3284AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING SHORTAGE IMPACTS EVERY STATE IN THE NATIONMillions of Americans will be writing their rent checks tomorrow.…
HUD Publishes Housing Trust Fund State Allocations of Nearly $174 Million
HUD Secretary Julián Castro announced the allocation of 2016 Housing Trust Fund (HTF) resources to each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas on May 4. A formal Federal…
Shared Equity Linked to Homeownership Stability and Long Term Affordability
A study released by the Urban Institute in October comparing outcomes across seven shared equity homeownership programs finds that such programs are a sustainable long term homeownership option for…
“Opportunity Starts at Home” Campaign Offers Fact Sheets and Resources on Connections between Housing and Other Sectors
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign is building a coalition of stakeholders from many different sectors to generate widespread support for federal policies that protect and expand affordable…
Legislation Would Eliminate Nearly All Federal Housing Programs
Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), a cofounder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, introduced a bill that would eliminate nearly all federal affordable housing programs by consolidating them…
High Levels of Home-ownership is Tied to High Later Levels of Unemployment
A new study, Does High Home-Ownership Impair the Labor Market? by David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, reveals an association between high levels of home-ownership and high levels of subsequent…