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Housing Intersections
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.
Feb 1, 2009
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Insights from Housing Policy Research: The Well-Being of Low-Income Children - Does Affordable Housing Matter?
Center for Housing Policy
Part of a series of research briefs highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, 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.
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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.
Feb 1, 2008
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HousingPolicy.org
Center for Housing Policy
This online guide provides the latest information on high-impact state and local policies that help to increase the supply of affordable homes for working families. HousingPolicy.org includes a broad range of state and local housing policy tools, as well as guidance on how to put these tools together to create a comprehensive housing strategy.
Jul 1, 2007
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Framing the Issues—the Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health
Rosalyn Crain, Rebecca Cohen, Jeffrey Lubell,
This analysis focuses on the ways in which the production, rehabilitation, or other provision of affordable housing may lead to stronger health outcomes for residents.
Jul 1, 2007
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The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education: A Research Summary
Maya Brennan
The Center for Housing Policy reviewed the academic literature on the various ways in which the production, rehabilitation or other provisions of affordable housing may lead to improved education outcomes for children. Based on this review, we identified seven promising hypotheses regarding the positive contribution of affordable housing to education, which is summarized in this publication.
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