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Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America
AUTHOR: National Association of REALTORS® Research Group…
YEAR: 2023
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In 2022, housing affordability reached historic lows due to rising rates and home prices, forcing many buyers out of the market.
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Emergency Rental Assistance: A Blueprint for a Permanent Program
AUTHOR: NLIHC Erase Team
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
This report examines the implementation of the U.S.
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The State of Nation's Housing 2022
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Harvard
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point.
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Representation in the Housing Process: Best Practices for Improving Racial Equity
AUTHOR: Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
The political process required to build housing in many communities obstructs the construction of all types of housing–affordable and market-rate.
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Beyond Public Housing: How Public Housing Authorities Are Transforming the Way They Preserve and Expand Their Housing Stock
AUTHOR: Public and Affordable Housing Corporation
YEAR: 2022
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In light of growing PHA involvement in development through RAD, this report describes the tools available to PHAs that want to build and preserve a
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The Emergence and Evolution of Problematic Properties
AUTHOR: Boston Area Research Initiative
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Scholars and practitioners have paid increasing attention to problematic properties, but little is known about how they emerge and evolve.
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Gambling with Homes, or Investing in Communities
AUTHOR: LISC
YEAR: 2022
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Housing speculation has been broadly understood to be a major driver of displacement and hardship for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC
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America's Rental Housing 2022
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University…
YEAR: 2022
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Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates and driving up rents.
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Transitioning to Homeownership: Asset Building for Low- and Moderate-Income Households
AUTHOR: Arthur Acolin
YEAR: 2021
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This article assesses the asset building of households that take part in shared-equity homeownership (SEH) models.
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Tenant Protections and Emergency Rental Assistance During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2021
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This report provides a descriptive analysis of tenant protections and ERA-related policies that state and local
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Long Waitlists for Housing Vouchers Show Pressing Unmet Need for Assistance
AUTHOR: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
YEAR: 2021
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Across the country, large numbers of families who need help to afford housing sit on long waiting lists for assistance, CBPP analysis of selected s
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Picture of Preservations
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2021
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The report highlights the need for more financial resources and stronger preservation protections to ensure the continued affordability and physica
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How Are Landlords Faring During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
AUTHOR: Elijah De La Campa, Vincent J. Reina, Christopher…
YEAR: 2021
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This paper uses a survey of over 2,500 rental property owners in ten cities across the United States to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandem
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The Complexity of Financing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing in the United States
AUTHOR: Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkley…
YEAR: 2021
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In this brief, we draw on multiple sources of project-level data as well as interviews with dozens of stakeholders across the country to better und
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Misdirected Housing Supports: Why the Mortgage Interest Deduction Unjustly Subsidizes High-Income Households and Expands Racial Disparities
AUTHOR: Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy…
YEAR: 2021
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The report examines who is likeliest to benefit from the $25 billion annual tax expenditure on the mortgage interest deduction embedded in the tax
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Our Homes, Our Communities: How Housing Acquisition Strategies Can Create Affordable Housing, Stabilize Neighborhoods, and Prevent Displacement
AUTHOR: James A. Crowder Jr., Chris Schildt, Rick Jacobus…
YEAR: 2021
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This report details strategies that cities can lead to creating equitable housing outcomes for residents by moving privately owned rental housing i
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
AUTHOR: NLIHC
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
This report details the shortage in affordable rental homes across the United States using geographic data by state.
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Housing Stability Resources and Eviction Prevention Response in a Pandemic
AUTHOR: Callie Clark and Clark Ziegler
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
In Massachusetts, we are now facing two housing crises.
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The Impact of Home: Building to Opportunity, Health & Equity
AUTHOR: Nicole Manchester, Andrea Ponsor
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Home is the cornerstone of our identities and our well-being.
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Preserving Affordable Homes for Equitable, Healthy Communities
AUTHOR: Andrea Ponsor, Althea Arnold, Michael Bodaken
YEAR: 2020
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What Determines the Success of Housing Mobility Programs?
AUTHOR: Dionissi Aliprantis, Hal Martin, and Kristen Tauber…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
There
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HUD Historical and Archived Reports
AUTHOR: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Historical and Archived Reports
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Massachusetts Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in response to COVID-19
AUTHOR: CHAPA, DHCD, MHP
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, local governments across Massachusetts are seeking ways to help residents who have lost their jobs or
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Qualified Renters Need Not Apply Race and Voucher Discrimination in the Metro Boston Rental Housing Market
AUTHOR: The Boston Foundation, Suffolk University, Analysis…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
This study measures the levels of discrimination in the Greater Boston rental housing market based on race and income level.
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