Policy Development and Research

Report

Navigating Home: Case Studies and Best Practices for Housing Navigation in New York State

July 28, 2026

By:

This report outlines best practices for housing navigation practitioners through a discussion of existing programs and offers lawmakers a pathway to strengthen New York's housing navigation infrastructure statewide.

Fair Housing

Housing as a Pathway to Justice

Resident Success

Upward Mobility 

New York

Advocacy

Homelessness

Policy Development and Research

Brief

Making It Happen: Leveraging Federally Owned Property to Create Affordable Homes

April 28, 2026

By:

Ahmad Abu-Khalaf

This issue brief draws on learned lessons from on-the-ground examples, discussing considerations, strategies, and attainable outcomes for repurposing underutilized federally owned property to create affordable multifamily homes.

Preservation and Production

Construction and Development 

Policy Development and Research

Zoning Reform

Collection: Making It Happen Issue Brief Series

Report

Aerial view of apartment buildings and a highway overpass

Assessing the Potential of Transit Agency-Owned Land for Housing Development in California

March 16, 2026

By:

This report presents the availability and characteristics of land owned by California transit agencies for the development of affordable homes.

Preservation and Production

Policy Development and Research

State/Local Policy

Brief

Apartments at Escalante Meadows with a playground and sitting area in the foreground

2026 California Affordable Housing Production Pipeline

March 3, 2026

By:

Amiel Leaño Atanacio

Araceli Palafox

Justine Marcus

The pipeline report examines the data on affordable housing that is shovel-ready but unable to move forward because a lack of funding

Preservation and Production

Policy Development and Research

State/Local Policy

Brief

A group of people use shovels to dig into the ground at a groundbreaking ceremony

Housing Ecosystem Initiative: Advancing Affordable Housing in San Joaquin County

January 30, 2026

This brief examines San Joaquin County's housing needs and available resources, presents findings from stakeholder interviews, and offers recommendations for moving forward.

Preservation and Production

Policy 

Northern California

Central Valley

Policy Development and Research

Report

Avoiding the Domino Effect | Evaluating the Physical Conditions of Aging Permanent Supportive Housing Sites

July 9, 2025

By:

Marc Tousignant

This report studies the physical conditions of 20 aging permanent supportive housing properties in Los Angeles.

Partner Sustainability  

Preservation

Southern California

Homelessness

Housing Stability

Permanent Supportive Housing

Policy Development and Research

Preservation

Report

Worsening Rental Affordability Linked to Higher Rates of Homelessness

March 17, 2025

This report analyzes the correlation between worsening rental affordability and rising homelessness rates, highlighting the urgent need for policy solutions to expand affordable housing and support struggling renters.

Preservation

Policy Development and Research

Report

Community Development Block Grants Disaster Recovery, Rental Requirements, and Rental Market Impacts

November 21, 2024

By:

Andrew Jakabovics

Published by HUD Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Federalism and Flexibility: Fifty Years of Community Development Block Grants

Community Development Block Grant

Policy Development and Research

Rental Support

Sustainability

Brief

Corner view of the Grove Place Apartment buildings, two-story gray- and cream-colored buildings

At a Steep Premium

October 28, 2024

Enterprise conducted this insurance analysis to raise awareness to the consequences of the insurance crisis on the Gulf Coast affordable housing industry and the critical need to mobilize action at the state and federal levels.

Partner Sustainability  

Policy Development and Research

State/Local Policy

Brief

Making It Happen Issue Brief Series

April 28, 2026 (Originally Published: August 8, 2024)

By:

Ahmad Abu-Khalaf

“Making it Happen” is a series of issue briefs that explore recent successes in scaling affordable housing innovations by addressing regulatory and financing barriers to these innovations.

Preservation and Production

Policy 

Policy Development and Research

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