Program areas at Center for Housing Policy
Research, publications, events & online tools that identify proven & promising solutions to the Housing challenges of working families & others, with a particular emphasis on state & local Housing policies.key deliverables include: an online life-cycle calculator & webinar to help developers estimate whether a property is likely to have sufficient funds to meet expected capital needs over a full 50-year lifecycle, additional research on cost-comparison of building versus re-habilitating Housing, as well as ongoing updates to housingpolicy.org and foreclosure-response.org online resources on state & local Housing Policy, & regional research around affordable Housing.
Research, publications, events and online tools designed to expand awareness of the Housing challenges facing american households, with a particular emphasis on the Housing needs of working families with low to moderate incomes.key deliverables include: development and release of paycheck to paycheck database with focus on workers in the travel industry, release of Housing landscape 2013, building support for affordable homeownership and rental choices and veterans permanent support Housing: Policy and practice publications, and webinars about the paycheck to paycheckupdate and database and veterans Housing.
Research, publications, events and online tools focused on the connections between Housing and other Policy objectives, such as the intersection of Housing and transportation policy.key deliverables include: research paper that explores how community land trusts (clts) are helping to ensure that affordably priced, transit-accessible homes will continue to be available for lower-income households as regions like atlanta, denver, and the twin cities expand and create new transit systems.