Housing prices and affordability: Where to find data
This tip sheet offers advice on how to find and understand housing market data from government and private sources.
Housing
Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets on the subject of housing.
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Chronic homelessness and the Housing First program: Research review of how programs have worked
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.
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Important new patterns in the American suburbs: Three key trends to know about
2016 study published in The Annual Review of Sociology that identifies three key trends that characterize the big changes in American suburbia.
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Criminal history and background checks: A look at how criminal records can affect access to jobs, housing, higher education
2015 study in Criminology that looks at the evolution of the availability of criminal records and how having a criminal record affects a person’s ability to secure work, housing and higher education.
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Projecting costs for the most burdened renters
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.
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Low-income housing tax credits: Impact on property values
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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