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Veteran Homelessness Continues to Decline in North Carolina, Nationally
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report states that the total number of reported veterans experiencing homelessness at the...Learn More
Renters Struggle More Than Homeowners to Meet Basic Needs
A new Urban Institute study shows that renters are more likely to have difficulty meeting non-housing basic needs than homeowners, with 30 percent having experienced food...Learn More
Homes Reach Decade High Unaffordability Levels
A new report about home affordability shows that U.S. home prices in the third quarter of 2018 were the least affordable they have been in 10 years.Learn More
Home Prices Have Rebounded but at What Cost?
A recent NPR report discusses a new housing crisis resulting from the Great Recession’s housing collapse.Learn More
Housing Identified as a Primary Health Impact
Contributing to the growing body of research on social determinants of health, a study from the Urban Institute examined the impacts of material hardships (specifically,...Learn More
Lack of Affordable Housing Hits Health Care Coffers
New research from the Children’s HealthWatch finds that unstable and unaffordable housing is a major drain on the U.S. health system’s budget, expected to contribute an...Learn More
Affordable Housing Still Out of Reach for Many
Housing affordability continues to be a struggle for both owners and renters nationwide, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies recently...Learn More
Health and Housing Initiatives Could Benefit from Federal Coordination
A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Health and Human Services (HHS) can operate more...Learn More
“Out of Reach” Report Reveals the Depth of the Rental Affordability Crisis
The 2018 Out of Reach report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that in no state, city, or county can a working earning minimum wage afford a two-bedroom...Learn More