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A Research Agenda to Advance Latino Homeownership
A Research Agenda to Advance Latino Homeownership

The Latino community represents one of the fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States, and by 2040, Latinos are expected to make up 70 percent of new U.S. homeowners.


Providing Housing and Support Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Des Moines, Iowa
Providing Housing and Support Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Des Moines, Iowa

Sixth Avenue Flats is a 42-unit affordable housing development in Des Moines, Iowa, that opened in July 2022. Developed by Hatch Development Group (HDG)...


Worst Case Housing Needs Reach Highest Level in 2021 as the Pandemic Exacerbates the Persistent Shortage of Affordable Housing
Worst Case Housing Needs Reach Highest Level in 2021 as the Pandemic Exacerbates the Persistent Shortage of Affordable Housing

HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs: 2023 Report to Congress, its 19th biennial report, reveals that in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 8.53 million renter households had worst case housing...


Connecting HUD-Assisted Renters to Opportunity
Connecting HUD-Assisted Renters to Opportunity

Considerable research demonstrates that housing location affects essential outcomes, such as income and health...



Fifty Years of Assessing Worst Case Needs for Affordable Rental Housing
Fifty Years of Assessing Worst Case Needs for Affordable Rental Housing

Among the research that the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) produces, one of the most high-profile products is the series of Worst Case Housing Needs reports to Congress.


Pressure to Move and Forced Moves Among U.S. Renter Households: Findings From New Questions in the Household Pulse Survey
Pressure to Move and Forced Moves Among U.S. Renter Households: Findings From New Questions in the Household Pulse Survey

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) developed new questions on forced moves that were included in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (HPS) beginning in June 2023.


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...


How Preventing Evictions Benefits Landlords
An eviction notice taped to a door.

Eviction imposes substantial harms on affected tenants, and the scale of this damage is enormous; an estimated 3.6 million evictions are filed annually in the United States.



Examining the Current State of U.S. Housing
Examining the Current State of U.S. Housing

On June 21, 2023, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report.


Building Resiliency and Community in Wilson, North Carolina

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



Global Cities and Affordable Housing: Lisbon
Global Cities and Affordable Housing: Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal’s capital and largest city, is home to more than 3 million people.



Unlocking the Power of Data Sharing
Unlocking the Power of Data Sharing

Data are central to the efficient and equitable achievement of policy objectives, and agencies at all levels of government maintain countless datasets to further these ends.



Evaluating the Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program
Evaluating the Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program

HUD created the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) in 2017 to assist local Continuums of Care (CoCs) in planning, developing, and implementing coordinated responses to youth experiencing homelessness.



The Importance of Demonstration Projects to the Mission of PD&R
The Importance of Demonstration Projects to the Mission of PD&R

Fifty years ago, HUD created the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in the midst of two very different demonstration projects: Operation Breakthrough and the Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP).



A Briefing From HUD on Boosting Landlord Voucher Acceptance
A Briefing From HUD on Boosting Landlord Voucher Acceptance

Housing choice vouchers remain the largest rental assistance program in the United States, serving approximately 2.3 million households annually.



HUD’s Fair Market Rents and Income Limits
HUD’s Fair Market Rents and Income Limits

Each of HUD’s major program offices (Community Planning and Development, Housing, and Public and Indian Housing) oversee various programs that require operating parameters to govern the operations of each program.



Toward Permanent Renter Protections
Toward Permanent Renter Protections

On March 22, 2023, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) held its first in-person Housing Policy Forum since 2019, entitled “Onward to Housing Justice.”



Tenant-Based Rental Assistance
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance

Sometime during the early 2000s, I attended a fundraiser for my children’s school.




Breaking Barriers for Renters
Breaking Barriers for Renters

Low-income renters are struggling with skyrocketing housing costs, a widening wealth gap, and insufficient affordable housing.




Understanding the Pandemic and Senior Housing Equity
Understanding the Pandemic and Senior Housing Equity

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected seniors, who are more prone to severe illness and death from COVID-19; are more likely to live in congregate settings; and are more likely to require in-person services, which increase their risk of exposure.