The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on May 11 plans to reorganize the agency to establish an Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. The plan also details other…
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate by Rebecca J. Walter, Jill Viglione and Marie Skubak Tillyer, One Strike to Second Chances: Using Criminal Backgrounds in Admission Decisions for Assisted…
A report by the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement and the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase on…
HUD released Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves: Data on Tenants in LIHTC Units as of December 31, 2014. The report provides information on the income, race, disability status, and family…
Source: Nolan, L., Dickson, A., Bruno, R., and Smith, J.(2017). The impact of a minimum wage increase on housing affordability in Illinois. University of Illinois Labor Education…
A report by HUD staff Veronica E. Helms, Jon Sperling, and Barry L. Steffen, A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Adults, finds that a higher proportion of HUD-assisted adults are seniors or single-…
Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2015 ACS PUMS data.
Note: Severely cost-burdened = paying more than 50% of income on rent and utilities. AMI = Area Median Income. Extremely Low Income (0-30% AMI or…
A report by Maria Hanratty at the Housing Policy Debate, Do Local Economic Conditions Affect Homelessness? Impact of Area Housing Market Factors, Unemployment, and Poverty on Community Homeless Rates…
