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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…

Op-Ed

Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods

When President Trump signed Republicans’ 2017 tax legislation into law, one section in it stood out for…

Commentary

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…

Journal Publication

Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?

When Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act…

Op-Ed

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…

Op-Ed

Our Policies to Address Homelessness Are Failing

Official data released last Friday show that 2023 was the worst year ever recorded for…

Journal Publication

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…

Journal Publication

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…