Affordable Housing

Minnesota

Minneapolis City Council Approves Comprehensive Plan

The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-1 to endorse Minneapolis 2040 – The City’s Comprehensive Plan, with 22 policy recommendations, each with action steps, that are specific to housing.

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Harvard JCHS Publishes New Analysis of Rental Markets; Low Income Renters Competing for Shrinking Supply

In a new blog post Daniel McCue, a Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies reports on new analysis of rental markets which compares changes in the rental supply at various rent levels with changes in the number of renter households at various income levels.  McCue finds that that a growing number of low-income […]

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Enterprise & Frameworks Institute Release Reports On Building Public Support for Affordable Housing

Enterprise, in partnership with the FrameWorks Institute, has released a pair of reports that outline an effective language strategy to build public support for affordable housing. “Finding a Frame for Affordable Housing” is an evidence-based approach to countering NIMBYism and public misperception in debates about affordable housing. The companion paper,“Piecing it Together,” takes these findings and translates them […]

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NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates Launch New Housing Policy Tool

The NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates launched LocalHousingSolutions.org, an online, interactive tool to help communities develop local strategies that promote housing affordability. A growing number of communities across the country are struggling with problems tied to high housing costs, including rising homelessness, fear of displacement among longtime residents, and growing numbers of households unable […]

Massachusetts

Boston Area Mayors Commit to 185k New Housing Units by 2030

The Metro Mayors Coalition’s Regional Housing Task Force have announced an ambitious new goal to add 185,000 new housing units to the Boston metro region by 2030.

Federal Housing Finance Agency

FHFA Seeks Input on Duty to Serve Plan Modifications

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is requesting public input on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) proposed modifications to their 2018-2020 Underserved Markets Plans (Plans) under the Duty to Serve (DTS) program.

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EEFA Publishes Guide on Making Affordable Housing More Energy Efficient

On September 24, Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA), published “Making Affordable Multifamily Housing More Energy Efficient: A Guide to Healthier Upgrade Materials.”

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Fannie Mae Calls for Ideas on Healthy Affordable Housing; Issues $10 million Innovation Challenge

Fannie Mae announced today a new Call for Ideas on Healthy Affordable Housing. The application period is open from September 26, 2018 through November 1, 2018.

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Harvard JCHS Working Paper Explores Measuring Housing Affordability Measures

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has published the new working paper “Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard.”

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Harvard JHCS Blog Post Highlights Affordability Issues for Older Americans

Harvard Joint Center for Housing researchers  Jennifer Molinsky and Whitney Airgood-Obrycki recently published a blogpost highlighting the rising in housing affordability challenges for older Americans.  “Due to both population growth and soaring housing costs, the number of adults age 65 and over struggling to afford housing is growing. The number of cost-burdened older households – […]

congress-capitol

House Committee Reviews Effect of Regulation on Affordable Multifamily Housing

On September 6, the housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine how the costs of regulation are forming a barrier that prevents more affordable housing development. “The lack of development is especially concerning,” said subcommittee chair Sean Duffy (R-WI), “because while we continue to enjoy some of […]

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Cityscape Examines the Housing-Health Connection

The latest issue of HUD’s Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, guest edited by Veronica Helms Garrison and Craig Evan Pollack, is titled “The Housing-Health Connection” and features a symposium on the complex interplay between housing and health outcomes.

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