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The Health Benefits of Rent Control: A Policy Brief for Public Health Practitioners
Health in Partnership
Year: 2025
A stable, affordable, quality home is a basic human need and a bedrock of health. Whether one rents or owns, a home should provide shelter, dignity, and allow us to be a part of a community’s social, political and economic … Continue reading
Who Owns America: Mapping Corporate Ownership of Residential Land
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Center for Geospatial Solutions
Year: 2025
This report from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions explores the current state of corporate ownership of residential land and housing in the United States. Much of the academic and media attention on the … Continue reading
Who Is LIHTC Built for? The Distribution of Affordable Housing Units by Rents, Tenant Incomes, and Project Features in California
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program relies on housing developers to build affordable housing units. Developers consider financial feasibility and programmatic regulations when planning projects, and one central project feature is the affordability of units. Decisions around unit affordability … Continue reading
Between the Public and the Private: Landlord Liaisons at Public Housing Authorities
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) increasingly struggle to identify landlords willing to house families with vouchers. One solution is the creation of a new staff position, a “landlord liaison,” tasked with facilitating market-agency interactions. This paper utilizes 86 interviews with staff … Continue reading
Evaluating Rent Control Intensity in California Cities, 2010–2019
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
Localities in the U.S. have adopted rent regulation ordinances of vary-ing strengths. This raises the question: do relatively stronger city-levelrent control policies correlate more strongly with tenant outcomes?We conduct a between-city comparison of city-level rent control pol-icies in California between … Continue reading
Economic Mobility or Safety Net? Examining Employment Status and Wage Trajectories of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
This study examines employment status and wage trajectories ofrecipients of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program from 2005to 2018. Drawing on a national dataset containing 22.5 millionhouseholder-year observations, the research underscores the dualrole of the HCV program as both a … Continue reading
Caught in a Machine That De-Emphasizes Human Potential: Using Goffman’s Theory of the Total Institution to Understand Service Provider Perspectives on Boredom Among Unhoused Persons
Elsevier Ltd.
Year: 2025
Boredom has been identified as a factor affecting the lives of individuals during and following homelessness, yet no known studies have explored this experience from the perspectives of service providers. To address this gap, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with … Continue reading
Potential Changes in US Homelessness by Ending Federal Support for Housing First Programs
JAMA Health Forum
Year: 2025
Programs incorporating a Housing First approach, providing people experiencing homelessness with housing without precondition of sobriety or treatment for substance use or mental health disorders, improves housing stability and decreases health care utilization. In 2003, the federal government began funding … Continue reading
Leaders Want to Support Workers With Lived Experience; How Can They Make Sure to Do So?
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Year: 2025
Homeless services system leaders are operating in a complex environment that requires them to navigate emerging challenges. Most do their work with great intentions and too few resources. Often, however, their intentions are not reflected in how workers who have … Continue reading
People With Lived Experience Are Forced to Justify and Defend Their Work
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Year: 2025
Respondents to the LEARN Project survey of workers with lived expertise of homelessness (PWLE) reported spending considerable amounts of time at work advocating for their professional and personal needs. This was the case even when they had similar job and … Continue reading