A Report on Housing Conditions in Montreal Based on a Survey Undertaken by the Department of Planning and Research of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission

March 19, 2018, 10:04 am

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• 1938

• Boucher, Pierre
• Mooney, Geo S.
• Bélanger, Réal

This report describes the conditions of the housing market in 1930s Montreal, Canada. The authors discuss the problem of unsatisfactory housing, especially for low-wage workers, and provide an overview of recent publications quantifying the city’s housing situation. The report also relays the findings of a housing survey performed by the Montreal Metropolitan Commission’s Department of Planning and Research.

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January 1938

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48 pages

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A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Children, 2006–2012

March 26, 2018, 11:13 am

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• 2018

• Helms, Veronica E.
• Steffen, Barry L.
• Rudd, Elizabeth C.
• Sperling, Jon

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Center for Health Statistics agreed in 2011 to link administrative records for individuals receiving housing assistance from HUD with records from the National Health Interview Survey. This report uses the linked data for 2006 through 2012 to present nationally representative estimates of demographic characteristics, health diagnoses and conditions, and health care access and utilization for HUD-assisted children ages 0–17. To provide context, similar estimates are provided for two other relevant subgroups: children residing in unassisted renter households with incomes below the federal poverty line and all children in the U.S. population. The report presents raw prevalence estimates to reflect actual conditions for each subgroup, and does not make statistical adjustments for age or other factors to support cross-group comparison of health conditions for similar individuals. Results demonstrate that assisted children suffer disproportionately from serious health conditions.

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March 2018

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50 pages

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• 3

An Evaluation of the New York City Housing Authority’s Family Reentry Pilot Program: Final Report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

May 2, 2018, 9:48 am

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• 2017

• Smith, Lionel
• Bae, John
• diZerega, Margaret
• Shanahan, Ryan
• Subramanian, Ram
• Kang-Brown, Jacob

In 2014 the Vera Institute of Justice entered into a research partnership with PD&R to evaluate a pilot program to test the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) new tenant selection criteria allowing 150 formerly incarcerated individuals to return to NYCHA housing and move in with their families. The two-year evaluation had two main goals: (1) to describe pilot participants’ characteristics, including their needs, experiences, and short-term program outcomes (outcome study); and (2) to assess the pilot’s design, implementation, and feasibility for scaling-up and replicating it in other jurisdictions (implementation and process study). Data collection included in-person semi-structured interviews with program participants, non-participating applicants, family members, and service providers; review of program reports; analysis of administrative data from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS).

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September 2017

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88 pages

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• 9

Displacement of Lower-Income Families in Urban Areas Report

May 10, 2018, 12:04 pm

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• 2018

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Office of Policy Development and Research

Congress asked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to examine the effects of rapidly rising rents in urban areas across the nation and ways to avoid displacement. This report reviews the recent research on the causes and consequences of gentrification and identifies key steps policymakers can take to foster neighborhood change that is both inclusive and equitable. Approaches vary, but share a focus on the preservation and production of affordable housing and collaboration and partnership among local governments. This report suggests four key strategies that could address displacement of lower-income families and long-time residents in urban areas and alleviate the pressures of gentrification on housing affordability and community stability.

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May 2018

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• 5

Article 0

May 29, 2018, 8:58 am

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Urban Landlords and the Housing Choice Voucher Program: A Research Report

May 30, 2018, 11:30 am

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• 2018

• The Poverty and Inequality Research Lab
• Johns Hopkins University
• Garboden, Philip
• Rosen, Eva
• Greif, Meredith
• DeLuca, Stefanie
• Edin, Kathryn

This study investigates the role of landlords in low-rent housing markets in Baltimore, Cleveland, and Dallas and the role landlords play in shaping the residential experience of low- and moderate-income renters, especially households in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. The study is based on interviews and observations of a sample of 127 landlords and property managers, seventy-three percent of whom accept housing choice vouchers. The report shows how local rental markets influence landlords’ interest to participate in the HCV program, including: (1) financial motivations (reliable payments); (2) attitudes about housing voucher tenants; and (3) interactions with the public housing authority (PHA). Among landlords who chose not to participate in the HCV program, the primary reasons stated were negative experiences with the program itself, including frustration with the inspection process, general bureaucracy, and disappointment when the PHA did not take the landlord’s side in conflicts between landlord and tenant. The study suggests there are opportunities to recruit landlords into the HCV program by focusing on the things that matter most to them—reliable rent payments and tenants who stay a while, help care for the property, and do not cause damage.

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May 2018

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54 pages

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• 5

Tell Us About Your Home: Three Years of Surveying Housing Quality and Satisfaction in the Housing Choice Voucher Program

May 31, 2018, 11:24 am

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Posted Year: 

• 2009

• Gray, Robert W.
• Haley, Barbara A.
• Mast, Brent D.

This report presents information on the quality of housing occupied by participants of the Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance, or Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. In fiscal year 2006, Congress provided $14.52 billion (after carryover and rescissions) for this program, which helped approximately two million low-income households obtain decent, affordable housing in the private market. The HCV program is administered locally through approximately 2,500 public housing agencies (PHAs). Each PHA is responsible for ensuring that all housing in the program is decent, safe, and sanitary. Tenants lease units that have been inspected by PHA staff before move-in. HUD requires PHAs to re-inspect each unit at least once annually thereafter. The inspection requirement is part of how HUD oversees the program and verifies that Section 8 tenants live in decent housing that meet the program’s identified Housing Quality Standards (HQS).

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May 2009

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133 pages

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• 5

A Topical Guide to HASE Research

June 5, 2018, 7:50 am

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• 1979

• Lowry, Ira S.

This historical document is a topically organized guide to the research methods and findings of the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE), a component of the Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP). The document includes an index of reports, working notes, and papers which had been produced by EHAP through March 1979.

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June 1979

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87 pages

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• 6

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Assisted Living Conversion and Service Coordinator Programs Application

June 5, 2018, 8:04 am

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• 2001

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

This historical document includes application kits for the Assisted Living Conversion Program and Service Coordinator Program for Fiscal Year 2001. The kits contain instructions and materials to guide applicants seeking grant awards under these two programs.

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January 2001

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104 pages

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Assessment of Small Area Median Family Income Estimates

June 12, 2018, 5:49 am

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• 2018

• Office of Policy Development and Research
• Office of Economic Affairs
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

As directed by the committee report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, HUD looks at the current measurement methodology of area median income (AMI) in metropolitan areas in order to more accurately and locally measure AMI to offer affordable housing In accordance with this request, HUD offers this report which examines issues across the following five sections:

• Review of Current Median Family Income and Income Limits Calculation Methods
• Assessment of the Feasibility of Calculating Small Area Median Family Income Estimates
• Discussion of the Administrative Complexity of Using Small Area Median Family Income Estimates
• Enumeration of the Known Federal Programs Using HUD’s Median Family Income Estimates and Associated Income Limits
• Recommendations for Future Median Family Income Estimates and the Impact on Affordable Housing

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May 2018

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13 pages

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• 5

Health as an Indication of Housing Needs in Birmingham, Alabama and Recommendations for Slum Clearance, Redevelopment, and Public Housing

June 22, 2018, 2:20 pm

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Posted Year: 

• 1950

• Jefferson County Board of Health

This report was produced for the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District by Dr. George A. Denison, M.D., a health officer with the Jefferson County Board of Health. The report describes a 10-year study, undertaken from 1940–1949, correlating housing conditions to health statistics. Dr. Denison provides two recommendations pertaining to slum clearance and public housing.

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April 1950

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20 pages

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• 4

An Analysis of Rural Repair and Rehabilitation Programs

June 22, 2018, 2:24 pm

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Posted Year: 

• 1973

• Housing Assistance Council

This report, prepared for the Housing Policy Task Force III of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, describes a study on rural rehabilitation needs, gaps, and future prospects. The authors make six policy-based and seven program-based recommendations for the alleviation of rural housing problems.

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June 1973

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129 pages

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• 6

Housing the Urban Non-White Population in the United States

June 25, 2018, 7:47 am

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Posted Year: 

• 1944

• National Housing Agency

Submitted by Principal Housing Analyst B.T. McGraw of the Housing Market Service, this report summarizes the conditions of housing available to racial minorities in 1940 and makes recommendations for health and safety improvements. The report provides demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau and describes changes in housing availability or condition as a result of the war economy.

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November 1944

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45 pages

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• 11

Increasing Service Availability to Seniors in Housing

August 1, 2018, 6:46 am

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Posted Year: 

• 1993

• New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority

This final grant report for Grant #90-AM-0444, issued by the U.S. Administration on Aging, details the methodology and conclusions of a pilot program to provide expanded services to seniors living in the properties of six public housing authorities in New Hampshire. The project also involved developing a telephone consultation service to provide housing professionals with cost-effective access to professional social workers.

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March 1993

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239 pages

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• 3

Papers of the International Housing and Town Planning Congress

August 1, 2018, 6:50 am

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Posted Year: 

• 1929

• International Federation for Housing and Town Planning

This publication is an anthology of papers presented at the 1929 International Housing and Town Planning Congress, held in Rome, Italy. The papers are given in English, French, German, and Italian, and address a number of topics related to residential city planning.

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January 1929

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263 pages

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Program Standards for Site I

August 1, 2018, 7:25 am

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• 1974

• Lowry, Ira S.
• Woodfill, Barbara M.
• Repnau, Tiina

This working note proposes a schedule to be used in computing allowance payments to households enrolled in the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment Site I in Brown County, Wisconsin.

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January 1974

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64 pages

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• 1

Program Standards for Site II

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• 1975

• Lowry, Ira S.
• Woodfill, Barbara M.
• Dade, Marsha A.

This working note proposes a schedule to be used in computing allowance payments to households enrolled in the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment Site II in South Bend, Indiana.

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February 1975

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42 pages

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• 2

Engineering Report on Purdue Research Foundation Experiments in Connection with War Workers’ Housing

August 1, 2018, 7:50 am

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• War Production of Housing

Posted Year: 

• 1944

• Reither, Jules F

This historical report communicates the results of experiments conducted by Purdue University’s Research Foundation on the structural integrity of quickly-produced, low-cost housing units constructed to accommodate wartime workers during the later years of WWII. The purpose of the experiments was to discover faster, cheaper methods of structurally sound home construction.

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March 1944

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111 pages

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• 3

Statement of Philip M. Klutznick, Commissioner, Federal Public Housing Authority

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Posted Year: 

• 1945

• National Housing Agency

This historical document relays a statement made by Philip M. Klutznick, commissioner of the Federal Public Housing Authority, before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Redevelopment. The subcommittee was subordinate to the Special Senate Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning.

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January 1945

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49 pages

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Proposals to Update the Fair Market Rent Formula

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• 2018

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Office of Economic Affairs
• Office of Policy Development and Research

The Senate Committee report accompanying the 2018 appropriations act expresses concerns about the accuracy of FMRs, particularly in areas where rents “have risen quickly.” The report directs HUD to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations “describing proposals to update the FMR formula to more accurately reflect the current housing market.” This report recounts the manner in which FMRs are calculated and discusses measures of the accuracy of FMRs. Within the report, HUD breaks the FMR calculation into 3 components and describes the potential sources of inaccuracy for each component along with possible remedies. The 3 components are the FMR trend factor, the inflation-based update factor, and the base rent data from the American Community Survey.

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August 2018

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• 8