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Housing Solutions
State and Local Housing Policy
Publications in this section highlight tools and strategies for addressing housing affordability challenges in your community. The Center’s housing solutions resources cover a broad range of topics – from state and local policies to preserve and expand the supply of affordable homes to efforts to meet the housing needs of older adults or families in areas vulnerable to natural disasters.
Sep 23, 2011
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Local Policy Options to Support Sustainable and Equitable Development
Rebecca Cohen
Briefs in this series present options available at the local, regional, and state levels for creating and preserving affordable housing in areas where transportation costs are likely to be low.
Sep 23, 2011
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Regional Policy Options to Support Sustainable and Equitable Development
Rebecca Cohen
Briefs in this series present options available at the local, regional, and state levels for creating and preserving affordable housing in areas where transportation costs are likely to be low.
Sep 23, 2011
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State Policy Options to Support Sustainable and Equitable Development
Rebecca Cohen
Briefs in this series present options available at the local, regional, and state levels for creating and preserving affordable housing in areas where transportation costs are likely to be low.
Aug 4, 2011
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The Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Affordable Housing
Rebecca Cohen, Keith Wardrip
Drawing on literature reviews published by the Center for Housing Policy in January 2011, this Planning Commissioners’ Journal article outlines the various ways in which affordable housing can create jobs, increase tax revenues, and generally foster economic growth. The article also includes an overview of several effective state and local strategies for developing affordable housing.
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Keywords: Housing and Economic Development, State and Local Housing Policy
Feb 9, 2011
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Balancing Asset-Building Opportunities with the Ability to Preserve Affordability in a Homeownership Program
Ryan Sherriff
There are many different goals that affordable homeownership programs may seek to achieve. Among them, there are several common goals that are often linked to balancing individual opportunities to build assets with community goals of ensuring long-term affordability and preserving the opportunities and assets that public investment helped to create. This report aims to provide communities and advocates with a general overview of three major approaches to long-term affordable homeownership, and how each functions under different market conditions and serves a community's asset-building and affordability goals.