March 16, 2026
Time Limits and Work Requirements Would Improve Subsidized Housing Programs
Despite more than $60 billion in annual federal spending on rental assistance, only one in…
June 4, 2025
Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods
When President Trump signed Republicans’ 2017 tax legislation into law, one section in it stood out for…
December 30, 2024
What’s Behind the Unprecedented Rise in Homelessness, and How Can We Reverse It?
The annual United States homeless population estimates for 2024 were released last week. Homelessness grew…
August 5, 2024
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?
When Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act…
February 22, 2024
The Workforce/Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit
A recording of the event will be uploaded soon. Event Summary Congress is considering expanding…
January 17, 2024
Congress, Don’t Legislate a Takeover of the Nation’s Rental Housing Market
It is an election year and Congress will soon consider two bipartisan bills to address…
December 21, 2023
Our Policies to Address Homelessness Are Failing
Official data released last Friday show that 2023 was the worst year ever recorded for…
June 7, 2023
The Effect of Relaxing Local Housing Market Regulations on Federal Rental Assistance Programs
Abstract The majority of U.S. households that qualify for federal rental housing assistance do not…
May 26, 2023
The Size and Census Coverage of the U.S. Homeless Population
Abstract Fundamental questions about the size and characteristics of the homeless population are unresolved because…