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Public Housing Capital Needs Study Confirms Funding Levels Too Low to Address Long-Term Capital Need
Report
Jul 27, 2018
On June 24th, HUD released the 2010 Public Housing Capital Needs Study. In general, the study shows that since the last capital needs study in 1998, federal appropriations have been too low to make significant progress at reducing the backlog of capital needs.
Health in All Policies: The Role of The US Department of Housing and Urban Development and Present and Future Challenges
Health in All Policies: The Role of The US Department of Housing and Urban Development and Present and Future Challenges
Research
Jul 19, 2018
The link between federal housing policy and public health has been understood since the nineteenth century, when housing activists first sought to abolish slums and create healthful environments.
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Public Health
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Public Health
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
Practitioners and community advocates working at the intersection of housing and health have a unique role to play, both in guaranteeing quality affordable housing remains available for people of all incomes, and in making sure new investments in neighborhoods contribute to a healthy environment.
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: Executive Summary
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: Executive Summary
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
The tools and strategies included here provide communities with ideas and inspiration to help them plan for healthy housing for all their residents. They include best practices culled from across the United States as well as new ideas.
Forging an Enduring Bipartisan Consensus on Affordable Rental Housing
Forging an Enduring Bipartisan Consensus on Affordable Rental Housing
Publication
Jul 12, 2018
With the new administration and Congress, policymakers have an opportunity to forge an enduring bipartisan consensus on affordable rental housing.