Goal 1: Expanding Awareness of the Nation's Housing Needs

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A primary goal of the Center for Housing Policy is Expanding Awareness of the Nation's Housing Needs. The publications and resources below highlight research from the Center focused on this goal. All publications require the latest version of Adobe Reader to view.

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Goals
1. Expanding Awareness
2. Identifying Solutions
3. Advancing Key Societal Goals
4. The Next Generation of Policy

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Documenting the Need for Affordable Housing

		Paycheck to Paycheck Database This online, interactive database is regularly updated and presents wage information for more than 60 occupations, as well as home prices and rents for nearly 200 metropolitan areas, allowing workers to see how their wages stack up against housing costs in their area. Visit the Paycheck to Paycheck Database

		Housing Affordability Trends for Working Households This report examines severe housing cost burden trends from 2005-2008 and shows that despite a decline in home prices, housing affordability actually worsened for many of America's working families during this time period. Release Date: December 2009 Download PDF View supplementary material: Media Release

		The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families 2007 How many low- to moderate-income working families pay more than half their income for housing or live in severely substandard housing? Has this situation gotten better or worse over the past few years? What are housing conditions like in major metropolitan areas across the country? This report examines these questions and more, documenting a 73 percent increase in the number of working families with critical housing needs between 1997 and 2005. Release Date: August 2007 Download PDF View supplementary material: Metro Area Profiles and Media Release Key Findings and Data Tables

		Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families with Children Did you know that despite national homeownership rates that are at or near all-time highs in recent years, the rate for working families with children was higher back in 1978 than in 2003? This report details this disturbing trend and also tracks how the homeownership gap between white and minority working families with children has widened over the past 25 years. Release Date: March 2006 Download PDF View basis report: Homeownership and Critical Housing Needs Among Working Families with Children: 1978-2003 Trends and Their Policy Implications, by Dr. Kathryn P. Nelson, Ph.D.

The Combined Burden of Housing, Transportation and Energy Costs

Beltway Burden: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation in the Greater Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area

The product of a partnership between the Center for Housing Policy, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing, this report documents the challenges faced by working families in the Washington, DC metropolitan area who are forced to "drive ‘till they qualify" for housing, incurring higher transportation costs that eventually erode their housing cost savings.

Release Date: February 2009
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As a complement to the report, the Terwilliger Center also released the Terwilliger Cost Calculator, which provides consumers with up-to-date Washington, D.C. metro area housing and transportation cost data that they can use to make informed decisions on where to live and work.

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		Stretched Thin: The Impact of Rising Housing Expenses on America's Owners and Renters Did you know that many housing expenses are actually increasing faster than incomes? This study examines change in a wide variety of housing expenses from 1996 to 2006, revealing that increases in mortgages and rents aren't the only reason why Americans may be feeling "Stretched Thin." Release Date: October 2008 Download PDF View supplementary material: Key Findings
		A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families How do low- to moderate-income working families balance their housing costs with commuting and other transportation costs that are part of their daily routines? Our analysis of 28 major metropolitan areas shows that, as working families move further from work to find housing they can afford, they end up spending as much, or more, on increased transportation costs as they save on housing. Individual profiles for the 28 metropolitan areas included in the report are also available. Release Date: October 2006 Download PDF View basis reports: Center for Neighborhood Technology Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Research Briefs

Insights from Housing Policy Research: Don't Put It Here! Does Affordable Housing Cause Nearby Property Values to Decline?

Part of a series of research briefs highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, this brief synthesizes the findings of several reviews of research examining whether affordable housing causes a decline in nearby property values.

Release Date: February 2009
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