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Housing

Foster care children: How their life experiences differ

Denise-Marie Ordway | June 5, 2017
Foster care children are more likely to have an incarcerated parent, be exposed to violence and live with someone with a mental illness than other types of children, including low-income kids and those raised by single mothers.
Housing

Mobile home parks and eviction: A look at regulations in Texas and Florida

Denise-Marie Ordway | May 10, 2017
A new study offers insights on how states can assist mobile home residents who face eviction, but notes that even helpful policies can have unintended consequences.
Reporting

Property Taxes 101: A primer for journalists

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 26, 2017
This tip sheet offers basic tips and resources for journalists writing about property taxes.
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Criminal Justice

Holland’s legal prostitution zones reduce rape: New research

David Trilling | March 1, 2017
Dutch cities that regulate prostitution in dedicated areas see a dramatic decline in rapes and sexual assaults, a new study finds.
Criminal Justice

Sex offender housing and mobility: New research

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 12, 2016
A study in the American Journal of Criminal Justice looks at where registered sex offenders live 15 years after arrest.
Housing

Chronic homelessness and the Housing First program: Research review of how programs have worked

David Trilling | August 26, 2016
A roundup of studies on the Housing First program and its impact on chronic homelessness among those with mental illnesses and/or substance abuse problems.
Housing

Important new patterns in the American suburbs: Three key trends to know about

John Wihbey | August 19, 2016
2016 study published in The Annual Review of Sociology, that identifies three key trends that characterize the big changes in American suburbia.
Housing

Projecting costs for the most burdened renters

Lauren Leatherby | December 16, 2015
In this 2015 study, researchers from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and Enterprise Community Partners Inc. analyzed the growing trend of severely cost-burdened renters.
Housing

Low-income housing tax credits: Impact on property values

Rachael Stephens | November 23, 2015
A 2015 study published in Urban Studies looks at changes in housing prices before and after the introduction of LIHTC subsidized housing.

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