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Publications

		Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions Prepared by the Center for Housing Policy for Homes for Working Families Release Date: January 2007 View the full-color Handbook (30 pages, PDF) that illustrates the 22 high-impact state and local policies. View the detailed Analysis (115 pages, PDF) that provides an in-depth discussion of the 22 policies and why they were selected. View the one-page Fact Sheet (PDF).

		A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families Release Date: October 2006 Download PDF View basis reports: Center for Neighborhood Technology Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley

		Private Sector Solutions for Workforce Housing: What Realtors and Their Partners Can Do A background paper commissioned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) for NAR's April 2006 workforce housing summit Release Date: April 2006 View the report on NAR's Web site (PDF)

		Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families with Children 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.

		Something's Gotta Give Working Families and the Cost of Housing Release Date: April 2005 Download PDF

		The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families 2005 Release Date: April 2005 Download PDF

		Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in the Counties Release Date: July 2004 Download PDF Joint report with the National Association of Counties (NACo). For metropolitan area data, please also go to the Paycheck to Paycheck online, interactive database: Paycheck to Paycheck

		Center Pieces Working Families With Children: A Closer Look at Homeownership Trends Release Date: May 2004 Download PDF

		Housing Problems of the Working Poor New Century Housing Release Date: April 2004 Download PDF Highlights the need for affordable rental housing as nearly 6 out of 10 working poor families lack decent, affordable rental housing

		America's Newest Working Families: Cost, Crowding and Conditions for Immigrants New Century Housing Release Date: July 2003 Download PDF A first-ever, national look at immigrant working families, comparing their housing situation to those of native-born Americans. Higher rates of critical needs and crowding are the story, told in a clear, bold graphical style.

		Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America Release Date: May 2003 Download PDF Updates the previous Paycheck report with 2001 data, ranks 60 metropolitan areas according to affordability in both the homeownership and rental housing markets, and lays out the data in easy-to-read charts.

		America's Working Families and the Housing Landscape Release Date: November 2002 Download PDF Tracks the incidence of housing needs over the period 1997 - 2001 and documents alarming growth in the number of working families paying at least half of income for housing. Presented in a unique, graphical format.

		Housing America's Working Families: A Further Exploration New Century Housing Release Date: March 2002 Download PDF Further updates national critical needs figures and explores several aspects, including which metro areas are critical needs "hotspots," which families are most likely to face chronic needs and the extent to which families cope by living in inadequate conditions or crowded housing.

		Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America New Century Housing Release Date: June 2001 Download PDF Updates national figures on critical housing needs and examines five vital occupations (police officers, elementary school teachers, licensed practical nurses, janitors and retail sales workers) and whether these workers can afford housing in 60 of the nation's largest real estate markets.



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