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Housing Intersections
Housing and Asset Building
Publications in this section highlight the many ways in which affordable housing can help advance other important community objectives, such as good health, educational achievement, individual asset building, and economic development. The Center’s work in this area seeks both to clarify and document the benefits of affordable housing and to suggest ways to structure affordable housing to better achieve these broader goals.
Sep 1, 2009
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What’s in a Name? Clarifying the Different Forms and Policy Objectives of
Jeffrey Lubell, Ryan Sherriff
This report seeks to clarify the overall characteristics of shared equity / shared appreciation homeownership programs, identify the distinguishing characteristics of the multiple programs, and show how the different programs fulfill somewhat distinct housing policy objectives.
Jun 1, 2009
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Balancing Durable Affordability and Wealth Creation: Responding to Concerns about Shared Equity Homeownership
Rick Jacobus, Ryan Sherriff
This report explores community concerns over the potential limitation of wealth creation in shared equity homeownership programs and how to best balance permanent affordability and asset building in these programs.
Jan 1, 2009
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Rental Assistance Asset Accounts: An Opportunity to Support Work and Savings Among Recipients of Federal Housing Assistance
Reid Cramer, Jeffrey Lubell
This paper proposes enhancements to federal rental assistance that would create stronger incentives for participants to build assets and make progress toward economic self-sufficiency.
Apr 1, 2007
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Preservation of Affordable Homeownership: A Continuum of Strategies
Rick Jacobus, Jeffrey Lubell
This report provides an overview of the homeownership strategies available to communities and explains the pros and cons of different approaches.
Apr 1, 2007
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Shared Equity, Transformative Wealth
Rick Jacobus
This report takes an in-depth look at three different shared equity approaches and shows that the best shared equity programs can build significant wealth for one family after another without any long term loss of affordability.