The Center for Housing Policy staff is available to speak with members of the media regarding its publications and affordable housing trends, as well as to provide specific local, state and national housing statistical information.
Media calls should be directed to the Center’s Director of Communications Michele Anapol at (202) 466-2121 x226 or
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Archived Media Releases
2006
November 16, 2006
Center Media Release -
Jeffrey Lubell Presented With 2006 Clark R. Law Public Service Award
October 11, 2006
Center Releases New Study on Housing and Transportation Cost Burdens:
Center Media Release - Working Families Pay More For Transportation Than They Save On Affordable Housing, New Study Reveals
**View the Detailed Individual Profiles for the 28 Metro Areas Studied**
View the Publication:
A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families (PDF)
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
March 22, 2006
Center Releases New Study on U.S. Homeownership Trends:
Center Media Release -
Working Families With Children Less Likely to be Homeowners Now Than in the 1970s
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Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families (PDF)
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Locked Out:
Homeownership and Critical Housing Needs Among Working Families with Children, 1978-2003 Trends and Their Policy Implications, by Dr. Kathryn Nelson, Ph.D.
January 5, 2006
Center for Housing Policy Announces New Executive Director
Housing and Community Development Policy Expert Jeffrey M. Lubell Becomes Executive Director of the Center
2005
August 9, 2005
Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America 2005
U.S. Housing Prices Rise 20 Percent Nationwide, While Wages for Key Community Workers Remain Relatively Flat
**Link directly to the online, interactive Paycheck to Paycheck database.
Paycheck to Paycheck 2005 - A Closer Look:
Homeownership and Rental
View Top Most and Least Affordable U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Fact Sheet: Paycheck to Paycheck
Homeownership
View Top 50 Least Affordable U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Top 50 Cities
April 29, 2005
The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families 2005 Study
Number of America's Working Families Spending More Than Half Their Income on Housing Grows 76 Percent
April 29, 2005
Something’s Gotta Give: Working Families and the Cost of Housing Study
Housing and Transportation Consume Two-Thirds of the Household Budgets of Working Families
2004
July 20, 2004
Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in the Counties Study, and Paycheck to Paycheck:
Wages and the Cost of Housing in America Online, Interactive Database
Incomes Lag Dramatically Behind Housing Costs, Key Community Occupations Hard Hit
May 18, 2004
Working Families With Children: A Closer Look at Homeownership Trends Report
Homeownership on the Decline Among America's Families With Children
April 8, 2004
Housing Problems of the Working Poor Study
Nearly 6 Out of 10 Working Poor Families Lack Decent, Affordable Rental HoHousinga>
2003
July 30, 2003
America's Newest Working Families: Cost, Crowding and Conditions for Immigrants Study
Immigrant Working Families 70 Percent More Likely to Spend Over Half Their Income on Housing
May 5, 2003
Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America Study
Annual Salaries for Community Occupations Fall Short of the $50,000 Necessary to Own a Home
