Annual Evaluation Plan —

Fiscal Year 2023

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Office of Policy Development and Research

Annual Evaluation Plan—Fiscal Year 2023

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

March 28, 2022

Contents

Background ................................................................................................................................................... 1

Requirements of the Evidence Act ........................................................................................................... 1

Policy Framework and HUD’s Strategic Plan ............................................................................................. 2

Significant Evaluation Activities ................................................................................................................ 3

Dissemination Efforts ................................................................................................................................ 4

New Significant Evaluation Activities Planned for Fiscal Year 2023 ........................................................... 5

Core Housing Programs ............................................................................................................................ 5

Public Housing Agency (PHA) Use of COVID-19 Waivers and Effects for PHAs and Tenants ............... 6

Homeownership ........................................................................................................................................ 6

FHA’s Role in Closing the Homeownership Gap and Preserving Homeownership During Economic

Decline .................................................................................................................................................. 6

Self-Sufficiency and Economic Opportunity ............................................................................................. 6

Asset Building Demonstration .............................................................................................................. 7

Broadband Access for HUD-assisted Households ................................................................................. 7

Vulnerable and Special Populations ......................................................................................................... 8

Emergency Housing Voucher Program Evaluation ............................................................................... 8

Eviction Protection Grant Program Evaluation ..................................................................................... 8

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Evaluation ............................................................................... 9

Ongoing Evaluation Activities ...................................................................................................................... 9

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Background

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers a diverse array of programs, including public housing, tribal housing, assisted multifamily housing, and tenant-based rental assistance; Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance; the Ginnie Mae guaranty on mortgage-backed securities; loan guarantees, lead hazard control and healthy homes grants; fair housing and civil rights investigations, compliance, and enforcement; community development and housing block grants; homeless assistance grants; and disaster recovery support. From HUD’s formation in 1965, research, statistics, and other evidence have been central in shaping housing and community development policy nationally.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) leads the Department’s efforts related to evidence-based policymaking. PD&R’s mission is to provide reliable and objective research on housing and community development that is relevant for HUD and for its constituents and enables informed policy decisions. PD&R focuses on finding definitive answers to questions about which programs work, and how they can be made better, through quick-turnaround studies and long-term evaluations that systematically assess impacts and outcomes and shed light on paths to improvement. In this way, PD&R

helps drive HUD’s evidence-based policymaking, promoting the best possible policies and programs through accurate data, rigorous research, and sound policy advice. In addition to PD&R, several other offices maintain evaluation or data analytic functions.

HUD’s Evaluation Policy Statement articulates the core principles and practices of the Department’s evaluation and research activities. HUD updated the Evaluation Policy Statement in August 2021, reaffirming the Department’s commitment to conducting rigorous, relevant evaluations and to using evidence from evaluations to inform policy and practice. The Policy Statement applies to all HUD-sponsored evaluations and regulatory impact analyses; it also applies to the selection of projects, contractors, and HUD staff that are involved in evaluations.

Requirements of the Evidence Act

Building on the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, in 2019 Congress passed the bipartisan Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (“Evidence Act”). 1 The Act and the Office of Management and Budget’s implementing guidelines establish several important new requirements for federal agencies. 2 Key requirements include developing a Learning Agenda that identifies the most policy-relevant and timely research questions for an agency to pursue over the next 4 years; a Capacity Assessment for Research, Evaluation, Statistics, and Analysis that assesses the coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and independence of an agency’s evidence-building and analysis activities for supporting evidence-based policymaking, which is also produced every 4 years; and Annual Evaluation Plans that communicate significant planned research and evaluation activities for the coming fiscal year. Exhibit 1 summarizes these documents, which are available on the HUD User website at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/about/pdr_learningagenda.html.

1 Public Law 115–435 (132 STAT. 5529). ‘‘Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.’’

2 The primary implementation guidance is found in Memorandum M-19-23 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-

content/uploads/2019/07/M-19-23.pdf and Circular A-11 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-

content/uploads/2018/06/a11.pdf#page=776&zoom=100,0,0.

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Exhibit 1. Overview of HUD Evidence Act Deliverables Deliverable

Description

Published Documents

Learning Agenda

• Sets out HUD’s foundational learning questions and

• Learning Agenda:

priority research questions by policy topic.

Fiscal Years 2022–

• Developed with extensive stakeholder input.

2026

• Produced every 4 years but revisited annually.

Capacity Assessment

• Assesses the coverage, quality, methods,

• HUD Capacity

for Research,

effectiveness, and independence of evidence-building

Assessment for

Evaluation, Statistics,

and analysis activities for supporting evidence-based

Research,

and Analysis

policymaking.

Evaluation,

• Produced every 4 years.

Statistics, and

Analysis (2022)

Annual Evaluation Plan • Presents the significant evaluation activities that HUD • Annual Evaluation will begin each fiscal year.

Plan – Fiscal Year

• Lists the significant evaluation activities ongoing

2022

during the fiscal year.

• FY 2023 Annual

• Identifies interim updates to HUD’s Learning Agenda

Evaluation Plan –

(if applicable).

Fiscal Year 2023

• Produced every year.

Policy Framework and HUD’s Strategic Plan

The Evidence Act closely associates Annual Evaluation Plans with each agency’s strategic planning process. Strategic plans include material on evidence building, and the Evidence Act requires Learning Agendas to align with and support these plans and to reflect knowledge gained through evidence-building activities. The evidence-building priorities identified in this Annual Evaluation Plan align with the major Goals identified in the Department’s Fiscal Year 2022–2026 Strategic Plan.

The Annual Evaluation Plan also aligns with HUD’s Learning Agenda: Fiscal Years 2022–2026, providing a real-time update on the major evaluation activities the Department is undertaking. To connect the evaluation activities in the Plan to HUD’s programs and mission, the Annual Evaluation Plan adopts the Policy Topic categories developed for the Learning Agenda, which sorts priority research questions into 11 crosscutting Policy Topic Areas.

Exhibit 2 shows the primary alignment between Policy Topics in HUD’s Learning Agenda and Annual Evaluation Plans and the Department’s Strategic Goals. Each policy topic area is inherently flexible enough to contribute to most, if not al , of the Strategic Goals; however, the exhibit presents a single primary alignment highlighting where the balance of the research questions under each topic contribute to departmental goals.

Exhibit 2. Alignment of Policy Topics to HUD’s Strategic Goals Policy Topic

Aligned Strategic Goals

Community Development and Place-based Initiatives

Goal 1: Support underserved communities

Core Housing Programs

Goal 2: Ensure access to and increase the production

of affordable housing

Disaster Recovery, Energy, and Climate Change

Goal 4: Advance sustainable communities

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Policy Topic

Aligned Strategic Goals

Fair Housing

Goal 1: Support underserved communities

Homeownership

Goal 3: Promote homeownership

Housing Finance and Affordable Housing Supply

Goal 2: Ensure access to and increase the production

of affordable housing

Housing and Health

Goal 4: Advance sustainable communities

Indian and Tribal Issues

Goal 1: Support underserved communities

Self-sufficiency and Economic Opportunity

Goal 1: Support underserved communities

Vulnerable and Special Populations

Goal 1: Support underserved communities

Enhanced Data and Methods

Goal 5: Strengthen HUD’s internal capacity

Significant Evaluation Activities

The evaluation activities in the FY 2023 Annual Evaluation Plan (AEP) are a mix of long-running priorities, efforts to continue learning from existing projects, and opportunities to study new departmental initiatives. The AEP does not capture every way HUD builds or uses evidence in support of its mission.

Instead, the AEP focuses on significant evaluation activities, defined as activities that meet the following criteria for topical relevance, coordination, and commitment of resources:

• Topical Relevance— Significant evaluation activities address pressing questions and shed insights into important issues for the department. These projects investigate unaddressed research questions in the Learning Agenda or seek to respond thoughtful y and nimbly to emerging challenges and priorities of policymakers.

• Coordination— Significant evaluation activities require substantial advance planning and cooperation. These projects leverage expertise, require buy-in across offices, and benefit a HUD

program or an overarching element of HUD’s mission.

• Commitment of Resources— Significant evaluation activities require investment. These projects have secured funding through prior-year congressional appropriations or are being conducted using dedicated in-house staff resources and expertise.

The work to expand the knowledge base around policy topic areas critical to HUD’s mission includes a substantial number of activities that would not be classified as “evaluations.” Per section 101(a) of the Evidence Act, “The term ‘evaluation’ means an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency.” 3 This definition clarifies that activities critical to the everyday work of PD&R and the department as a whole—such as data collection, modeling, monitoring efforts, exploratory research, and producing guidance and technical assistance—are not included in the AEP. Those efforts can and do contribute to significant evaluation activities and are discussed in more detail in other documents, such as HUD’s annual Agency Performance Plans and Reports. 4

3 5 U.S.C. § 311(3); https://www.govregs.com/uscode/title5_partI_chapter3_subchapterII_section311.

4 https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/appr.

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Dissemination Efforts

Major evaluations offer an important opportunity for HUD to share best practices, translate complex findings, and ensure that stakeholders have access to actionable information. Each evaluation typical y includes both broad and targeted dissemination strategies based on the nature of the findings and the stakeholders involved. The core of HUD’s approach to disseminating evidence is huduser.gov, the Department’s research and communication platform operated by PD&R. The site is updated regularly with reports, briefs, and data releases associated with all major evaluation activities. PD&R stakeholders have access to more than 10,000 research reports, articles, books, and data sources; during FY 2021, customers downloaded an average of more than 827,000 files per month from the huduser.gov research portal. For evaluations covering pressing issues or with significant findings, PD&R’s Assistant Secretary will often draft a foreword emphasizing the importance of the work to the Department’s and Administration’s priorities. In addition to posting findings and datasets, PD&R posts the research designs (hypotheses, outcome measures, and analysis methods) for major evaluations on huduser.gov at the outset of these projects, providing greater transparency to HUD’s evaluation work.

Beyond products associated with a specific evaluation, PD&R produces several periodicals that often draw from recently completed research and help ensure that the findings reach different audiences: The Edge— The Edge is PD&R’s biweekly online magazine, providing news, a message from PD&R

leadership, and a wide range of information about housing and community development issues, research, and best practices.

Evidence Matters— Evidence Matters connects policymakers, researchers, advocates, and industry members with clear, accessible, and timely information on important housing and community development topics. Since it was first published in 2011, Evidence Matters has been published 23 times, and the subscriber base is more than 25,000 in addition to those who read it online.

Cityscape— Cityscape is a multidisciplinary scholarly journal that PD&R publishes three times a year to advance the state of knowledge, policy, and practice in the areas of HUD’s mission. Each issue includes at least one symposium of scholarly papers on a common theme. Each symposium has a guest editor.

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New Significant Evaluation Activities Planned for Fiscal Year 2023

This section briefly describes seven new significant evaluation activities planned for FY 2023. The new evaluation activities for FY 2023 fall under four policy topic areas covered by the Learning Agenda: Fiscal Years 2022–2026 and support three of the five Strategic Goals in the Department’s Fiscal Year 2022–

2026 Strategic Plan. 5 Exhibit 3 lists the evaluation activities by policy topic area and related strategic goal. 6

Exhibit 3. Policy Topic Areas and Strategic Goals Addressed by FY 2023 New Evaluation Activities FY 2023 New Evaluation Activity

Policy Topic

HUD Strategic Goal

1. PHA Use of COVID-19 Waivers and

Core Housing Programs

Ensure access to and increase

Effects for PHAs and Tenants

the production of affordable

housing (Goal 2)

2. HUD’s Role in Closing the

Homeownership

Promote homeownership

Homeownership Gap

(Goal 3)

3. Asset Building Demonstration

Self-sufficiency and Economic

Support underserved

4. Broadband Access for HUD-assisted

Opportunity

communities (Goal 1)

Households

5. Emergency Housing Voucher Evaluation Vulnerable and Special Support underserved

6. Eviction Protection Grant Program

Populations

communities (Goal 1)

Evaluation

7. Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Evaluation

COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. FHA = Federal Housing Administration. PHA = public housing agency.

Following are brief descriptions of each planned evaluation activity, organized by policy topic area. The questions to be answered by the seven planned evaluation activities largely align with research questions in the Learning Agenda but in some cases have been modified to reflect further input from PD&R researchers and stakeholders across the Department. At the writing of this report, the specifics of the data and methods to be used for each evaluation activity are actively under discussion. The descriptions provide guideposts for how the evaluation will likely be conducted, but the approach is subject to change as HUD’s methodologists and subject matter experts work on refining the approaches and as HUD receives further input from Congress and other stakeholders.

Core Housing Programs

The evaluation activities presented under this policy topic align with HUD’s Strategic Goal 2: Ensure access to and increase production of affordable housing, by which HUD seeks to increase the supply of 5 The new evaluation activities planned for a given year are not expected to cover al policy topic areas or address all Strategic Objectives, as those topic areas and objectives may be addressed through ongoing evaluation or through research or capacity-building activities.

6 HUD’s present Strategic Goals display variations in scope, specificity, and time sensitivity, and HUD may not use evaluation resources to address each objective in any given year. Likewise, the evaluation planned for a given year may not cover all 11

policy topic areas. For some priorities, evaluations can help to answer pressing policy questions or assess established programs.

For other priorities, a more appropriate approach may be to build data systems, conduct exploratory research, or focus on management or regulatory processes so that significant evaluations can take place in the future.

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housing and improve rental assistance in order to ensure that housing demand is matched by adequate production of new homes and equitable access to housing opportunities for all people.

Public Housing Agency (PHA) Use of COVID-19 Waivers and Effects for PHAs and Tenants Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, HUD has used authorities in the CARES Act to provide a series of statutory and regulatory waivers for the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs to help maintain service and limit unnecessary burdens on staff and assisted tenants. This study would investigate PHAs’ use of waivers through surveys, interviews, and document review. This study will help assess the value of those waivers as potential permanent changes to program operations and potentially inform future rulemakings and legislative proposals.

Question to be Answered

Which statutory and regulatory waivers instituted during the pandemic did PHAs find most valuable and why?

Information Needed

Information from PHAs on their use of waivers, collected via surveys, interviews, or a combination of both

Methods to be Used

Quantitative analysis of survey results and HUD administrative data; qualitative analysis of interview responses and document review

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Homeownership

The evaluation activities presented under this policy topic align with HUD’s Strategic Goal 3: Promote homeownership, by which HUD seeks to promote homeownership opportunities, equitable access to credit for purchase and improvements, and wealth-building in underserved communities.

FHA’s Role in Closing the Homeownership Gap and Preserving Homeownership During Economic Decline For this effort, we would issue a notice to solicit proposals to study (1) the legacy of redlining for homeownership patterns and loan performance, using FHA data and U.S. Census Bureau microdata geocoded to historical Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) maps; (2) the role that FHA policies play in reducing the homeownership gap and in creating sustainable homeownership experiences for African-American and Hispanic homebuyers; and/or (3) the role that FHA mortgage servicing and forbearance policies have played in preserving homeownership for people of color, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Questions to be Answered

What have HUD programs done to close the homeownership gap, and what role does homeowner equity play?

Information Needed

HUD administrative data; publicly available economic data Methods to be Used

Quantitative analysis of loan performance data, surveys, and GIS data; qualitative analysis of interviews

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Self-Sufficiency and Economic Opportunity

The evaluation activities presented under this policy topic align with HUD’s Strategic Strategic Goal 1: Support underserved communities, by which HUD seeks to fortify support for underserved communities by advancing housing justice, strengthening implementation of a Housing 6

First approach to reducing homelessness, and promoting equitable community development that generates wealth-building for underserved communities.

Asset Building Demonstration

In contrast to a subsidy intended to maintain minimum levels of consumption, an effective asset-building program could help very low-income families build assets, such as emergency savings, longer-term savings and investments, homeownership, and job skil s. HUD is interested in building evidence on how asset-building can complement its housing assistance programs. A rigorous study of the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program—a component of which focuses on building an escrow account—shows that after 3 years in the 5-year program, participants had improved their financial literacy and confidence but had not increased income or employment outcomes. In terms of credit building, a simulation study suggests that including rent payments in credit-scoring algorithms could improve credit for many HUD-assisted households. HUD intends to use the Moving to Work (MTW) expansion to investigate the feasibility and potential impacts of PHA-led asset-building programs designed to promote savings or build credit.

Questions to be Answered

What additional approaches can encourage asset building among HUD-assisted households?

Information Needed

HUD administrative data; direct survey data collection

Methods to be Used

Quantitative and qualitative analysis (the specific methods and whether and how the study will measure program impacts are to be determined) Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Broadband Access for HUD-assisted Households7

High-bandwidth Internet access is increasingly a prerequisite for education, employment, and self-sufficiency. This study would assess the “Internet readiness” of the assisted housing stock (housing choice voucher, public housing, and multifamily section 8), considering the availability of Internet connections, Internet capacity/bandwidth, the cost to households of Internet access, the availability of Internet-ready devices, and other barriers to Internet readiness including whether barriers to use by assisted families differ for protected classes. The study would also assess potential methods for funding Internet access for assisted households (e.g., direct payments to property owners, increase in the utility allowance), including estimates of the costs of implementing different approaches.

Question to be Answered

What is the best way to ensure access to high-speed Internet connectivity for HUD-assisted tenants?

Information Needed

Qualitative data collection; cost data collection

Methods to be Used

Cost-benefit analysis

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications 7 HUD expects to launch this study in FY 2022. The study was not included in HUD’s FY 2022 AEP because, at the time of writing that report, the study was expected to begin in FY 2023.

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Vulnerable and Special Populations

The evaluation activities presented under this policy topic align with HUD’s Strategic Goal 1: Support underserved communities, by which HUD seeks to fortify support for underserved communities by advancing housing justice, strengthening implementation of a Housing First approach to reducing homelessness, and promoting equitable community development that generates wealth-building for underserved communities.

Emergency Housing Voucher Program Evaluation

The American Rescue Plan provided funding for about 70,000 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) for individuals and families who are homeless; at risk of homelessness; fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking; or recently homeless and for whom providing rental assistance wil prevent the family’s homelessness or having high risk of housing instability. This mixed-methods evaluation will document (1) how PHAs and Continuums of Care (CoCs) structured and implemented the EHV program to serve the target populations; (2) which households (by location, race/ethnicity, homeless status, etc.) accessed and were served by the EHV

program and which households were not; and (3) short-term outcomes (e.g., length of tenure, neighborhood and housing type) for households that successful y leased up with an EHV. This research would help HUD understand the relationships between the almost 700 PHAs nationwide administering the vouchers and the Continuums of Care (CoCs); it would also document how communities used the substantial administrative fees and the set of alternative requirements and waivers designed to reduce the barriers often faced by the target population when attempting to lease a housing unit using a voucher.

Questions to be Answered How did PHAs and CoCs partner to administer their allocation of EHVs, and what were the outcomes of tenants who leased up with an EHV?

Information Needed

Program data; key informant interviews

Methods to be Used

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of program data; qualitative interviews with grantees and partners

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Eviction Protection Grant Program Evaluation

In FY 2021, HUD received $20 million to fund legal services for low-income tenants at risk of eviction.

The Eviction Protection Grant Program, the first of its kind for the Department, was launched by HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research in the fal of 2021. Ten nonprofit legal aid providers received inaugural awards ranging from $1 mil ion to $2.4 mil ion through a competitive grant process with a 2-year period of performance expected to begin January 2022. This evaluation will assess the implementation of the program and further explore how legal services and housing services can work together to help tenants avoid eviction altogether or avoid the most harmful effects of eviction.

Questions to be Answered

How are HUD grantees implementing the Eviction Protection Grant Program?

did grantees work with housing providers, legal service providers, and other social service providers to deliver assistance?

Information Needed

Program data; key informant interviews

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Methods to be Used

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of program data; qualitative interviews with grantees and partners

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Emergency Rental Assistance Program Evaluation

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has appropriated bil ions of dol ars to federal government agencies to help people subject to catastrophic income loss maintain their housing and avoid eviction and homelessness. The Department of the Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program has al ocated a total of $46.5 bil ion over two rounds of funding to cities, counties, states, and tribes to help keep people in their homes. PD&R plans to conduct research into the uses of ERA funds and their effectiveness in helping households avoid eviction and homelessness and maintain housing stability. Potential components of the research include (1) a national analysis of the uses of ERA—

answering questions such as how quickly communities were able to help families in need, how their programs were designed, what activities they chose to fund, and what barriers they faced to using the funds or reaching certain populations; (2) studies of ERA implementation in diverse local communities to learn about approaches that were perceived to be most effective in terms of eviction and homelessness prevention and lessons learned for future investment in emergency assistance; and (3) outcome, impact, and cost study to evaluate the effectiveness of different models, using metrics such as the rate at which assisted families subsequently experience eviction or homelessness or the racial and demographic characteristics of those able to access assistance. The goal of the research would be to contribute substantial y to the evidence base on the role of short-term assistance in promoting long-term housing stability and to lay the groundwork for a national demonstration of the most promising models.

Question to be Answered

To what extent and how can emergency rental assistance prevent evictions, deep housing insecurity, and homelessness?

Information Needed

Local/federal administrative data; survey or interviews with local implementers of the program; surveys or interviews with program beneficiaries (if feasible) Methods to be Used

Quantitative analysis of administrative data; quantitative analysis of survey data; qualitative analysis of interview data

Plans for Dissemination

Publication on huduser.gov; potential inclusion in PD&R publications Ongoing Evaluation Activities

The ful body of evaluation work enables Congress, the Secretary, and other HUD principal staff to make informed decisions on budget and legislative proposals and strengthen housing and community development policy. Exhibit 4 lists significant PD&R evaluation activities that were launched before FY 2023 but are expected to contribute to the Department’s learning during this period.

PD&R maintains a list of major research and evaluation efforts that are ongoing, as wel as a library of published reports, periodicals, and other evaluation resources on the office’s website, huduser.gov.

PD&R’s major ongoing evaluation efforts will provide reliable and objective housing research and market data to the policymaking community, as wel as skil ed analysis that assists HUD’s leadership in making evidence-based policy decisions.

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Exhibit 4. Policy Topic Areas and Strategic Objectives Addressed by Ongoing Evaluation Activities Ongoing Evaluation Activity

Policy Topic Area

HUD Strategic Goal

1. Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation

Community Development

Support underserved

2. Use and Effectiveness of CDBG in Local

and Place-based Initiatives communities (Goal 1)

Jurisdictions

3. Evaluation of Moving to Work (MTW)

Core Housing Programs

Ensure access to and

Understanding the Effects of MTW Flexibility for

increase the production

Small Public Housing Agencies Cohort

of affordable housing

4. Evaluation of MTW Stepped and Tiered Rent

Cohort

(Goal 2)

5. Evaluation of MTW Incentives for Landlords

Cohort

6. Evaluation of the Housing Choice Voucher

Mobility Demonstration

7. Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice

Mobility and Long-Term Affordability Evaluation

8. Rent Reform Demonstration

9. Capital Needs Assessment for Public Housing

10. Impact of RAD on Children in Assisted

Households

11. Voucher Success Rate Study

12. Effectiveness of Disaster Recovery Funding

Disaster Recovery, Energy,

Advance sustainable

and Climate Change

communities (Goal 4)

13. Strategies for Reducing the Regulatory

Housing Finance and

Ensure access to and

Impediments to the Financing and Siting of

Affordable Housing Supply

increase the production

Factory Built Housing in American Communities

of affordable housing

14. Using Parcel and Household Data to Evaluate the

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Housing

(Goal 2)

Choice Voucher Programs: Transportation, Crime,

Education, and Tenant Choice

15. Evaluation of the Supportive Services

Housing and Health

Advance sustainable

Demonstration Phase 2—Integrated Wel ness In

communities (Goal 4)

Supportive Housing (IWISH2)

16. Housing and Children’s Healthy Development

17. Moving to Opportunity: Platform to Improve

Health

18. Rental Property Health and Safety Violations

19. The First-Time Homebuyer Education and

Homeownership

Promote

Counseling Demonstration

homeownership (Goal

20. Balancing Mortgage Debt Burden and Equity

3)

Accumulation

21. Evaluation of the Family Unification Program and Self-sufficiency and Support underserved

Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration

Economic Opportunity

communities (Goal 1)

22. National Family Self-Sufficiency Program

Demonstration

23. The Foster Youth to Independence Initiative

Implementation Analysis

24. High-Cost Cities, Gentrification, and Voucher Use:

Exploring Access to Quality Homes and

Neighborhoods

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Ongoing Evaluation Activity

Policy Topic Area

HUD Strategic Goal

25. Evaluation of Tacoma Housing Authority’s College

Housing Assistance Program

26. Study of Work Requirement Policies Established

by MTW Agencies

27. Childcare in Assisted Housing

28. Leveraging Integrated Data to Examine Youth

Vulnerable and Special

Support underserved

Homelessness

Populations

communities (Goal 1)

29. Evaluation of the HUD-DOJ Pay for Success

Permanent Supportive Housing Demonstration

30. Coming Home: An Evaluation of New York City

Housing Authority (NYCHA)’s Family Reentry Pilot

31. Housing Outcomes, Tenant Satisfaction, and

Community Integration in Single-site and

Scattered-site Housing First Models: A

Randomized Trial

32. Youth Homeless Prevention Demonstration

Evaluation

33. Family Options: Long-term Tracking

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research

Washington, DC 20410-6000

May 2022

Document Outline

Annual Evaluation Plan — Fiscal Year 2023

Contents

Background

Requirements of the Evidence Act

Policy Framework and HUD’s Strategic Plan

Significant Evaluation Activities

Dissemination Efforts

New Significant Evaluation Activities Planned for Fiscal Year 2023

Core Housing Programs

Public Housing Agency (PHA) Use of COVID-19 Waivers and Effects for PHAs and Tenants

Homeownership

FHA’s Role in Closing the Homeownership Gap and Preserving Homeownership During Economic Decline

Self-Sufficiency and Economic Opportunity

Asset Building Demonstration

Broadband Access for HUD-assisted Households7 7 HUD expects to launch this study in FY 2022. The study was not included in HUD’s FY 2022 AEP because, at the time of writing that report, the study was expected to begin in FY 2023.

Vulnerable and Special Populations

Emergency Housing Voucher Program Evaluation

Eviction Protection Grant Program Evaluation

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Evaluation

Ongoing Evaluation Activities

Table of Contents

Annual Evaluation Plan — Fiscal Year 2023

Contents

Background

Requirements of the Evidence Act

Policy Framework and HUD’s Strategic Plan

Significant Evaluation Activities

Dissemination Efforts

New Significant Evaluation Activities Planned for Fiscal Year 2023

Core Housing Programs

Public Housing Agency (PHA) Use of COVID-19 Waivers and Effects for PHAs and Tenants

Homeownership

FHA’s Role in Closing the Homeownership Gap and Preserving Homeownership During Economic Decline

Self-Sufficiency and Economic Opportunity

Asset Building Demonstration

Broadband Access for HUD-assisted Households7 7 HUD expects to launch this study in FY 2022. The study was not included in HUD’s FY 2022 AEP because, at the time of writing that report, the study was expected to begin in FY 2023.

Vulnerable and Special Populations

Emergency Housing Voucher Program Evaluation

Eviction Protection Grant Program Evaluation

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Evaluation

Ongoing Evaluation Activities