In this paper, Benjamin Ward makes a set of recommendations intended to help policymakers design a scalable nation-wide downpayment assistance program in the United States.…
How are neighborhood communities created when the government provides free housing to a specific population? The paper examines the formation processes of displaced…
This paper explores and contributes to scholarship on the escalating related concerns of environmental conservation and housing affordability. Situated within contemporary…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen
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January 13, 2021
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, renters in the United States were facing a housing affordability crisis. Nearly a quarter of renter households were spending more than half…
Since 1993, NeighborWorks America has convened over 15,000 lower-income resident leaders at the Community Leadership Institute (CLI). Resident attendees come from across…
Demand for multifamily housing, especially affordable and middle-income rental housing, is rising as the nation continues to add new households. However, overall housing…
The backdrop for the HIVE (Housing Innovation Vision Economics) Home Builder Survey was a shortage of housing and a serious housing affordability challenge – some would call…
Alexander von Hoffman, Matthew Arck
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June 13, 2019
This brief describes five novel and replicable programs that are providing housing for low- and moderate-income Americans. These programs were created by collaborations of…
Decreasing federal resources since the 1980s, policy devolution to the local level, and expansion of market-based approaches for affordable housing delivery have resulted in…
Community land trusts (CLTs) are place-based nonprofits that hold land in perpetuity on behalf of a community. CLTs can help preserve affordability in hot markets and help…
