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Recent Releases
Cityscape: Volume 24, Number 3
The goal of Cityscape is to bring high-quality original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners. Cityscape is open to all relevant disciplines, including architecture, consumer research, demography, economics, engineering, ethnography, finance, geography, law, planning, political science, public policy, regional science, sociology, statistics, and urban studies. Learn More >>
Research Design, Data Collection, and Analysis Plan: The Family Options 12-Year Study
HUD’s Evaluation Policy states, under the principle of transparency, that “If the findings of a HUD evaluation will have broad public interest and includes a counterfactual, PD&R will publish a synopsis of the research design, data collection and analysis plan soon after it is approved. Learn More >>
Family Unification Program-Family Self Sufficiency Demonstration Evaluation
The Family Unification Program – Family Self-Sufficiency (FUP-FSS) Demonstration was designed to be implemented by public housing authorities (PHAs) that offer both FUP and FSS as a way of improving services for youth aging out of foster care. Learn More >>
Financing Lower-Priced Homes: Small Mortgage Loans
In response to a Congressional request in the FY21 Appropriations Bill, this report provides data on small dollar mortgage lending, discusses barriers to lending on lower-priced homes, and describes FHA programs and policies that relate to small dollar mortgage loans. Learn More >>
Evidence Matters Summer 2022
This issue of Evidence Matters covers housing and climate change. In this issue, you will learn about the relationship between climate and housing and the ways we can adapt housing to be more sustainable and resilient to the changing environment. Learn More >>
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Geospatial Strategic Plan 2022–2025
This document outlines the Department’s vison and agenda for effectively managing the geospatial data, technology, and services critical to HUD’s stated mission while aligning with statues and guidelines of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (GDA), the Foundations for Evidence Based Policy Act of 2018 (Evidence Act), Open Government Data Act, the Federal Geospatial Coordinating Committee (FGDC), and the strategic goals of the Department. Key to this plan, the following goals offer tangible steps for ensuring access to, and continual innovation of, HUD’s geospatial resources. Learn More >>