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Goal 3: Working to Ensure a Better Understanding of the Role That Housing Plays in Advancing Key Societal Goals
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A primary goal of the Center for Housing Policy is Working to Ensure a Better Understanding of the Role That Housing Plays in Advancing Key Societal Goals.
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.
For more information about Center publications, please contact Laura Woods, Communications and New Media Associate, at lwoods@nhc.org or (202) 466-2121 ext. 240. To order publications, please fill out the online form. |
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1. Expanding Awareness 2. Identifying Solutions 3. Advancing Key Societal Goals 4. The Next Generation of Policy Return to the Main Publications Page |
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Vital Links: Housing’s Contributions to the Nation’s Health and Education Objectives
Released in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners, this set of resources frames the many ways in which our homes and neighborhoods may affect health outcomes and educational achievement, and includes a research summary, literature review, annotated bibliography and fact sheet for each topic.Release Date: July 2007 View suite of materials |
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Something's Gotta Give
What happens when low- to moderate-income working families have to pay
an excessive amount of their income for housing? Clearly, Something’s
Gotta Give. This in-depth report examines how unaffordable housing
affects other aspects of our quality of life, finding that families who
pay more than half of their household budget for housing often reduce
expenditures for other essentials such as food, clothing,
transportation and healthcare. Working Families and the Cost of Housing Release Date: April 2005 Download PDF |
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How Transportation Reform Could Increase the Availability of Housing Affordable to Families with a Mix of Incomes Near Public Transit, Job Centers, and Other Essential Destinations
This report explains how reauthorization of the federal transportation
bill can incent the improved coordination of transportation, housing
and land use policy to ensure that families across a range of incomes
have access to affordable housing as well as efficient, accessible
transportation options.Release Date: February 2010 Download PDF |
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Regional Coordination in Atlanta Metro and in the Twin Cities: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities of Coordinating Housing, Transportation and Workforce Policies
The Center for Housing Policy and the Metropolitan Planning Council
convened listening sessions in Atlanta and the Twin Cities in 2009 to
explore regional perspectives on the coordination of housing,
transportation and workforce policies. This report draws and expands
upon the information shared at these two sessions.Release Date: February 2010 Download PDF |
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Affordable, Compact and Well-Located Housing is Critical to Achieving
This policy brief, released jointly by the National Housing Conference, Reconnecting America, and Center for Housing Policy, explains the importance of focusing on how and where housing is built as part of the larger effort to reform federal transportation policy.the Nation’s Transportation Policy Objectives Release Date: September 2009 Download PDF |
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Financing Residential Energy-Efficiency: Assessing Opportunities and Coverage Gaps in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
This report describes key provisions in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that improve the energy-efficiency of subsidized and unsubsidized homes and makes recommendations for additional policy measures to address the energy-efficiency needs of households that may not be adequately covered by the legislation.Release Date: September 2009 Download PDF |
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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 |
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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 |
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Something's Gotta Give
What happens when low- to moderate-income working families have to pay an excessive amount of their income for housing? Clearly, Something’s Gotta Give. This in-depth report examines how unaffordable housing affects other aspects of our quality of life, finding that families who pay more than half of their household budget for housing often reduce expenditures for other essentials such as food, clothing, transportation and healthcare. Working Families and the Cost of Housing Release Date: April 2005 Download PDF |
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Insights from Housing Policy Research: The Well-Being of Low-Income Children - Does Affordable Housing Matter?
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 profiles the research of Sandra J. Newman, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, to understand how affordable housing affects the lives of its occupants.Release Date: February 2009 Download PDF View supplementary material: Related Research Abstracts All Research Briefs in this Series |
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