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Feb15

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Mind the Gap

Where in the country – and at what income levels – is it toughest to find an affordable rental? We know that no family should be priced out of an affordable place to call home. This data highlights the need for more rental housing affordable to low-income households

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

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Mar01

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Latest Tenure Report Shows Continued Gains in Homeownership

Enterprise has released a new report that examines how tenure rates by age, race/ethnicity, and income differ from the national trend over time, resulting in uneven distributions of owners and renters.

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

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Oct30

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Enterprise Releases Q3 2018 Update to our Interactive Owning and Renting Report

Enterprise has released a new report that examines how tenure rates by age, race/ethnicity, and income differ from the national trend over time, resulting in uneven distributions of owners and renters.

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Report

Jul26

Housing Vacancy Survey Report Q2 2018

Interactive graphics using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey, which provides quarterly estimates of the size and composition of the housing stock. Enterprise will update these charts each quarter as new information is released, and discuss how recent tenure trends reflect the housing conditions of all American households.

Policy Research

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Oct09

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

The Many Definitions of Gentrification – And Why They Matter

A new Enterprise report, Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions, examines the issues around defining and measuring gentrification.

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

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Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions

This paper is the first in a series that looks at gentrification and its implications for policymaking.

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Research Report

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Oct01

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

FHFA Releases New Homebuyer Affordability Measure and Data

Last week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a new measure for homebuyer affordability, called the Housing Affordability Estimate (HAE).

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Enterprise in the News

Sep13

Council Members Want More Surplus Property to Be Used for Affordable Housing

Seattle Met's report on a city council resolution to direct officials to evaluate surplus property’s potential for affordable housing and other public uses notes that a bill sponsor cited Enterprise's study on using public parcels for public benefit.

Housing Insecurity

Pacific Northwest

Policy Research

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Sep04

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Improving Housing Voucher Utilization

As reported earlier in Community Developments, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently launched a new initiative aimed at increasing utilization rates of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), formerly known as Section 8 vouchers. The announcement comes on the heels of recent studies commissioned by HUD from the Urban Institute and Johns Hopkins highlighting issues within the HCV program that leave more than 10% of vouchers nationally unused each year.

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

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Jul26

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Rachel Bogardus Drew

Enterprise Releases New Interactive Report on Trends in Owned and Rented Housing

Enterprise has released a new report that examines how tenure rates by age, race/ethnicity, and income differ from the national trend over time, resulting in uneven distributions of owners and renters.

Policy

Policy Research

Posted by:

Rachel Bogardus Drew