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New Report: Unaffordable Housing and Local Employment Growth

Posted August 12, 2010

Source: New England Public Policy Center

Abstract

High housing prices have caused concerns among policy makers as well as the public in many U.S. regions. There is a general belief that unaffordable housing could drive businesses away and thus impede job growth. However, there has been little empirical evidence that supports this view. In this paper, we clarify how housing affordability is linked to employment growth and why unaffordable housing could negatively affect employment growth. [More ...]

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Economy Bytes: Doubled Up in the United States

Posted May 18, 2010

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, May 18, 2010

“The recent economic crisis has led policymakers, researchers, and advocates alike to ask: how many people are homeless due to the recession? In response, the National Alliance to End Homelessness is releasing a series of briefs on various economic indicators and their relationship to homelessness.

In this first in the series, we focus on the phenomenon of “doubling up.” Doubling up is defined in this brief as an individual or family living in a housing unit with extended family, friends, and other non-relatives due to economic hardship, earning no more than 125 percent of the federal poverty level. [More ...]

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HUD and Treasury Seek Input on the Future of the Housing Finance System

Posted April 26, 2010

Source: NLIHC Memo to Members, April 26, 2010

“On April 22, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and HUD formally published a notice seeking comments on how a more stable and sound housing finance system can be established. This notice was announced by Secretary Shaun Donovan on April 14 at a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the housing finance system (see Memo, 4/16). [More ...]

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HUD Seeking Input on FY11 Research Agenda

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Source: NLIHC Memo to Members, April 26, 2010

“The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at HUD is seeking suggestions for research to be funded in FY11 or in the coming years.

A new page on Huduser.org, the website that PD&R uses to distribute its research, provides links to current research and to HUD’s strategic plan, which lays out the department’s goals that PD&R’s research is intended to serve. HUD then asks for public suggestions in one or more of 12 ‘primary categories’ of research: [More ...]

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Alliance Publishes First in Series on Promising Ten Year Plan Implementation Practices

Posted April 13, 2010

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, April 13, 2010

“With so many communities reaching the midpoint of their Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness, the Alliance is taking an in-depth look at the strategies successful communities use to implement their plans by launching a new series of briefs, Beyond Planning: Promising Practices to Successfully Implement Your Ten Year Plan. The series will examine communities that have achieved reductions in homelessness and other measurable outcomes identified in their ten year plans and will identify the strategies used to transform their homelessness assistance systems. [More ...]

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