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Bookmark or Share- Overview of Federal Housing Assistance Programs and Policy - CRS ReportsThis report begins with an overview of the history and evolution of federal housing assistance policy. It then provides descriptions of today’s major federal housing assistance programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues and trends in federal housing assistance policy.
- The U.S. Housing Crisis Explained: What Americans Need to KnowHousing is front and center in both of the major parties' campaigns for the White House. We asked two RAND experts to bring us up to speed on the housing issues and discuss the policies and proposals that might ease the historically tight housing market for buyers and renters alike.
- The state of affordable housing in the US | Pew Research CenterThe U.S. housing market, as measured by the number of active for-sale properties on local multiple listing services (MLS), shrank dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic but has since partially rebounded.
- Policy Principles for the Nation’s Housing CrisisThe shortage of quality affordable housing reinforces inequality and limits access to opportunity, and the lack of housing options hurts the economy and constrains social and economic mobility. Addressing this crisis must be a priority for policymakers.
- Can a National Housing Policy Solve the Affordability Crisis?Right now nearly half of all renters pay more than 30 percent of their income on housing and the number of unsheltered individuals has ticked up since the pandemic by nearly 16 percent. The housing crisis is so severe that it cannot be properly addressed without the heft of federal financing.
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