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7 January, 2025

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PD&R Edge, an online magazine, provides you with a snapshot view of our newly released research, periodicals, publications, news, and commentaries on housing and urban development issues.

A stage with four panelists sitting at a table. A large screen behind them reads “PD&R Quarterly Update: Opportunities to Advance Equitable Transit-Oriented Development that Supports Affordable Housing Production.”

On November 20, 2024, PD&R hosted a Quarterly Update event featuring two panels that discussed how transit-oriented development (TOD) and affordable housing can complement each other and explored ways to leverage resources that support affordable housing development near transit. Participants shared experiences and strategies from their communities in creating successful partnerships between transit agencies and affordable housing developers and described the fruitful results as TOD neighborhoods have matured.

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PD&R LEADERSHIP

Solomon Greene. Celebrating PD&R’s Accomplishments in Driving HUD’s Mission Forward

In the Leadership Message, Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at PD&R, reflects on the office’s accomplishments over the last 2 years and future priorities. In recent years, HUD has expanded its role in closing the housing supply gap while fortifying all communities against the effects of climate change; built capacity to better harness technology and innovation to advance housing research and policy development; elevated and applied insights from people with lived experience to improve equity and inclusion in PD&R’s work; and improved data support for HUD program operations, among other achievements.

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IN PRACTICE

Angled exterior view of the Hamilton Manor building. Preserving Affordability Through Acquisition: Washington Housing Initiative

In the Washington, D.C. area, the Washington Housing Initiative (WHI) is a partnership launched in 2018 by real estate firm JBG Smith and the nonprofit Federal City Council to address the rental affordability needs of moderate-income households. Using a market-based model, WHI raises private capital through a social impact fund called the Impact Pool, that it lends to WHI-affiliated Washington Housing Conservancy or another mission-driven nonprofit to purchase and operate naturally occurring affordable rental housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods with rising rents to preserve affordability for moderate-income residents. Between January 2020 and April 2024, WHI had helped preserve more than 3,000 units of workforce rental housing at 9 properties throughout the D.C. region.

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RESEARCH

Predicting Household Participation in Housing Choice Voucher and Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Insurance Programs
This article is the third in a series examining HUD’s homeownership and rental assistance programs and identifies the key household- and neighborhood-level drivers of program participation. Researchers found that local context plays a significant role in shaping variations observed in program participation. Among the most important factors are the prevalence of minority households, the prevalence of low-income households, and whether an area is urban, suburban, or rural. Looking at household-level characteristics, researchers found that race, ethnicity, age, and sex of the household head, and the number of dependents are relevant factors. The research suggests that program participation is a complex interaction between household characteristics and location. These findings have implications for future policy design and avenues for research.

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TRENDING

Atlanta Spurs Affordable Development Through a Housing Production Fund
To address declining levels of housing affordability, Atlanta launched a revolving housing production fund in 2023, committing $38 million to support affordable housing development on public land. The fund provides low-interest mezzanine financing for new mixed-income, publicly owned projects without LIHTC funds. Early efforts include transferring 3 publicly owned properties to development partners, which is expected to yield approximately 800 mixed-income units by 2030.

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SPOTLIGHT ON PD&R DATA

A construction site featuring wooden framing structures under development, showcasing the building process in progress. Navigating HUD’s State of the Cities Data Systems Building Permits Database

PD&R maintains the State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS) database, which collects information on permits for residential construction at the state, county, core-based statistical area, and permit-issuing jurisdiction levels. This database is vital for facilitating analyses of housing supply trends in the United States. This article offers an overview of the data available and reviews how to use the database query tool and report generation tool.

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INTERNATIONAL & PHILANTHROPIC SPOTLIGHT

Construction site with tall, unfinished buildings on both sides of a road, under a partly cloudy sky. Several cars and people are visible on the road. Visiting a Groundbreaking Affordable Housing Project in Nairobi, Kenya

Cindy Campbell, Director of PD&R's International and Philanthropic Affairs Division, recaps her participation in the Open Ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All, held from December 9 to 11, 2024, at the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Participants, representing nations worldwide, worked to establish benchmarks for the next few years toward realizing the working group’s goals. As part of the visit, HUD delegates toured the Mukuru Affordable Housing Project, a government initiative to create over 13,000 units of housing, most of which are rent-to-own, in a development that will provide services helping residents transition from informal to formal settlement living.

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