Resources
Washington DC
The D.C. region is falling far short of its affordable housing construction goals, a new study shows
Meeting the Washington region's future housing needs
A new narrative for housing: Playbook for the Greater Washington Region
Washington Housing Initiative: Context and contribution
Appraising the District's rentals
Why the housing crisis is a problem for everyone - even wealthy homeowners
Region's elected officials urge their governments to commit to affordable-housing targets
Report: 374,000 new homes needed to alleviate housing shortfall
Without more housing soon, leaders fear declining quality of life
D.C. area leaders to set broad housing construction targets to address affordability crisis
Single-family zoning and neighborhood characteristics in the District of Columbia
Most experts agree that D.C. needs more housing. But building costs loom as a significant challenge.
Gentrification in D.C. means widespread displacement, study finds
The exodus from Greater Washington continues
A luxury home firewall could save this neighborhood from Amazon's HQ2
What housing does the District's workforce need?
Making workforce housing work for D.C.
D.C. has the highest 'intensity' of gentrification of any U.S. city, study says
The most expensive commutes in America aren't in NYC or San Francisco
Who's hit hardest by the affordable housing shortage?
What HQ2 could mean for the Washington region's housing market, in 7 charts
D.C. residents must earn $34.48 an hour to afford a two-bedroom home, report says
Strategies for Increasing Housing Supply in High-Cost Cities
Around the Nation
California's plan to fill the middle-income gap starts with market-rate housing
Standard, Faring announce $2B middle-income housing goal
Buy a luxury building, then lower the rent: A housing fix for California’s middle class?
California bond program helps cities secure middle-income housing without upfront cost
City spends $4M on purchase of affordable apartments (Boston)
City of LA looks into buying enough buildings to preserve 10,000 units of affordable housing
Charlotte may have cracked the code on affordable housing. Here's how.
Housing Trust launches Apple's $150 million affordable housing fund
Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund launches
How Silicon Valley's tech companies plan to deploy $4.5B in housing commitments
Big employers pledge billions toward Bay Area housing
Facebook commits $1B to affordable housing in California
Google makes housing commitment valued at $1 billion
Bay area's high cost of living squeezes restaurant workers, chefs and owners
Microsoft pledges $500 million for affordable housing in Seattle area
General & policy
A recipe for achieving real housing affordability
Prioritizing workforce housing in a post-vaccine world
Preserving the largest and most at-risk supply of affordable housing
To weather the coming eviction crisis, cities need better rent relief programs
In many cities, climate change will flood affordable housing
Envisioning a national preservation strategy
A $34B rent debt crisis is looming over the multifamily market
Using a down market to launch affordable housing strategies
Filtering of apartment housing between 1980 and 2019
The conundrum affordable housing poses for the nation
"Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing" is Disappearing
Untangling the housing shortage and gentrification
How a Section 8 experiment could reveal a better way to escape poverty
Institutional investing and affordable housing: a brief history and vision for the future
The state of the nation's housing 2019
These states are turning to rent control: how it affects affordable housing
Social purpose REITs tackle affordable housing challenges
Four years, $13 million and dozens of hands: how 'affordable housing' gets made in America
How placemaking can empower urban communities, not tear them apart
Turning point for public housing
Rich cities created the housing shortage
The case for nonprofit housing managers
How affordable housing gets built
The low-income housing tax credit: past achievements, future challenges
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act put affordable housing production at risk
Nine rules for better housing policy
NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates launch tool to tackle high housing costs
Opportunity and housing access
Neighborhoods
The hidden winners in neighborhood gentrification
A better address can change a child's future
Having a library or cafe down the block could change your life
The neighborhood is most black. The home buyers are mostly white.
Shifting neighborhoods: Gentrification and cultural displacement in American cities
Detailed new national maps show how neighborhoods shape children for life
Opinion | The neighborhood is the unit of change
Growing up in a bad neighborhood does more harm than we thought
Renters
Rent prices are soaring as Americans flock back to cities
These fully redone apartments may help solve Miami's housing crisis. The rent stays cheap.
Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of income
Under US housing policies, homeowners mostly win, while renters mostly lose
Yet more evidence that housing affordability is getting worse
Other case studies