Publications in the Center for Housing Policy's acclaimed Housing America’s Working Families series include:
- A Heavy Load: The combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families (October 2006)
– This study of 28 major Metropolitan areas nationwide found that as
working families move further from work to afford housing they end up
spending as much, or more, on transportation costs than they save on
housing.
- Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families (March 2006)
– Working families with children are less likely to be homeowners now
than they were in the late 1970s, according to this study of U.S.
homeownership trends over the last quarter Century.
- Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America (August 2005)
– The median price of a home in the U.S. rose 20 percent in just a year
and a half, while at the same time wages for key community workers
remained weak, even stagnant, in comparison, according to this popular
annual study provided in online, interactive database format. The study
compares homeownership and rental affordability findings with median
community wages for nearly 200 Metropolitan areas and more than 60
occupations nationwide.
- The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families (April 2005)
– In just over half a decade the number of America's working families
paying more than 50 percent of their income for housing has grown 76
percent, according to this study which also compares immigrant working
families to their native-born counterparts.
- Something's Gotta Give: Working Families and the Cost of Housing (April 2005)
– This compelling study found that working families that pay more than
half their incomes for housing spend a total of two-thirds of their
household budgets on housing and transportation costs combined.
- Working Families With Children: A Closer Look at Homeownership Trends (May 2004) –
While more than 68 percent of all Americans live in homes they own,
this study examines homeownership rates specifically among working
families with children across two and a half decades from 1978 to 2001.
- America’s Newest Working Families: Cost, Crowding and Conditions for Immigrants (July 2003)
– 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.
