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Creating a New Mixed-Income Neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia
Creating a New Mixed-Income Neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia

In the city of Alexandria, Virginia, located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., a public-private partnership...


Affordable Housing Project Serves as a Catalyst to the Revitalization of South Bronx

In 2022, 425 Grand Concourse opened as a mixed-use affordable housing project in New York City’s South Bronx neighborhood.





PD&R Quarterly Update: Facilitating Successful Office-to-Residential Conversions
PD&R Quarterly Update: Facilitating Successful Office-to-Residential Conversions

On July 25, 2023, HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) hosted a PD&R Quarterly Update event...


Building Resiliency and Community in Wilson, North Carolina

In 2016, the small city of Wilson, North Carolina, experienced flooding from Hurricane Matthew.



The 2023 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition
The 2023 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition

The 2023 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition.



The Nation’s Second-Largest Supportive Housing Project Comes to Downtown Brooklyn

Initially built in 1992 as a residential hotel for volunteers of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a Jehovah’s Witness organization, the 90 Sands building in Brooklyn’s downtown Dumbo neighborhood reopened in 2022 as permanent affordable housing.


Creating the National Zoning Atlas
Creating the National Zoning Atlas

Scholars estimate that approximately 30,000 zoning districts are spread across the United States.



Affordable Housing Opens in Houston as City Recovers From the Global Pandemic
Affordable Housing Opens in Houston as City Recovers From the Global Pandemic

Dale Carnegie is a 170-unit permanent supportive housing (PSH) project in Houston’s Sharpstown neighborhood.



Fifty Years of Geospatial Data Analysis and Technology
Fifty Years of Geospatial Data Analysis and Technology

Many aspects of HUD’s work include a locational component.



Vista Nueva Shows a New View to Youth and Families in North Natomas, California
Vista Nueva Shows a New View to Youth and Families in North Natomas, California

North Natomas’ Staybridge Suites is one of many hotels across California to undergo conversion into permanent supportive housing using funds from California’s Homekey program.



Making Transit and Affordable Housing Work Together
Making Transit and Affordable Housing Work Together

Robust public transit is an important complement to affordable housing.



Affordable Housing Serving Those Who Served in Arlington, Virginia
Affordable Housing Serving Those Who Served in Arlington, Virginia

By 2016, American Legion Post 139 in Arlington, Virginia, was grappling with declining membership and a 50-year-old facility that made fulfilling the organization’s mission — to serve and provide community to American veterans — increasingly challenging.



Local Strategies for Housing First
Local Strategies for Housing First

In March 2023, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) held its annual Housing Policy Forum, “Onward to Housing Justice.”



Fifty Years of Formula Fairness
Fifty Years of Formula Fairness

“While working for the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in my early 20s, one of my first assignments was to assess how well the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula targets community development needs.”



Affordable LGBTQ+-Friendly Senior Housing Development Opens in Cincinnati
Affordable LGBTQ+-Friendly Senior Housing Development Opens in Cincinnati

John Arthur Flats, an affordable senior housing development geared for members of the LGBTQ+ community, opened in 2022 in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood.



Cross-Atlantic Learning
Cross-Atlantic Learning

On March 27, 2023, a British delegation composed of government officials from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Local Trust, a place-based funder of community initiatives; the Young Foundation...



Mixed-Use Supportive Housing Serves as a New Cultural Landmark for Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles
Mixed-Use Supportive Housing Serves as a New Cultural Landmark for Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles

In Historic Filipinotown, a Los Angeles neighborhood that often goes by the nickname HiFi, the median income of residents is only 40 percent of Los Angeles County’s median income, and many residents are at risk of displacement.



Global Cities and Affordable Housing: Auckland
Global Cities and Affordable Housing: Auckland

Auckland is a vibrant city boasting a wide variety of food, art, and cultural attractions.