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Publications
District of Columbia Housing Monitor Summer 2007 (Series/District of Columbia Housing Monitor) Author(s): Peter A. Tatian The District of Columbia Housing Monitor provides a quarterly look at the Washington, D.C., housing market, tracking home prices, real estate listings, new construction, and affordable housing. This issue's special section reports on neighborhood-level housing price trends and highlights the continuing strong price growth in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.
Housing in the Nation's Capital 2007 (Research Report) Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, G. Thomas Kingsley, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Mary Kopczynski Winkler, Barika X. Williams, Mark Woolley This is the sixth in a series of annual reports about housing in the Washington metropolitan region. It assembles and analyzes the most current data on housing conditions and trends in the District of Columbia and the surrounding suburbs. Last year's report focused on linkages between housing and schools in the District of Columbia and the metropolitan region. This year's report takes a regional perspective, examining how the region addresses housing for special needs populations. More specifically, the report assesses the housing options and services available to the elderly, disabled, and homeless and explores the consequences and opportunities for housing policy across the region.
High Prices and Demographic Shifts Will Test Metro D.C.'s Ability to House Residents with Special Needs (Press Release) Author(s): The Urban Institute Despite the recent housing market slowdown, home prices and rents remain out of reach for many Washington-area residents, especially those with physical and mental disabilities, elderly people who can no longer live independently, and the homeless, a new study by the Urban Institute concludes.
Immigrant Integration in Low-income Urban Neighborhoods (Research Report) Author(s): Lynette A. Rawlings, Randolph Capps, Kerstin Gentsch, Karina Fortuny The paper explores the financial well-being and economic integration of immigrant groups compared with native-born minorities and whites in vulnerable urban neighborhoods. Among the main findings from the analysis is that immigrants and native minorities in the neighborhoods we examine face similar types of economic difficulties. However, after controlling for citizenship, English proficiency, educational attainment, and having a driver’s license and a reliable car, many of the economic disadvantages disappear for immigrant groups, but not for native-born minorities. These findings suggest that even in tough neighborhoods, the potential for economic integration of immigrants is strong.
Policies for Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia: Lessons from Other Cities (Research Report) Author(s): G. Thomas Kingsley, Barika X. Williams A booming regional and local economy and constraints on housing production have combined to create unprecedented housing price inflation in the District of Columbia and present added challenges for the city's goal of preserving an "Inclusive City." This report offers a brief summary of the facts that define the new housing market environment in the city and summarizes the main themes of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force. In it we identify policy instruments other U.S. cities have utilized to respond to the housing market pressures and whether there are any lessons of relevance for the next stages of strategy implementation in the District.
HOPE VI and Neighborhood Revitalization (Research Report) Author(s): Diane K. Levy, Megan Gallagher The Chicago Process Study was initiated in 2001 to document and assess the early implementation of the HOPE VI redevelopment at the Madden and Wells public housing developments and the changes occurring in the surrounding neighborhoods. Through the study, Urban Institute researchers have provided feedback to the Chicago Housing Authority on HOPE VI-related activities with the idea that findings might inform later stages of redevelopment as well as other public housing redevelopment efforts. This final report examines the status of site development of Oakwood Shores, the breadth of neighborhood change surrounding the HOPE VI site, public housing resident relocation, and supportive services available to current and former residents of the Madden and Wells public housing developments as of autumn 2005.
Place Matters (Research Report) Author(s): Nancy M. Pindus, Brett Theodos, G. Thomas Kingsley Spatial factors and location are often missed, but critical, pieces of the puzzle in developing public and private policies that support working families. This paper summarizes factors determining locational decisions of businesses and workers, as well as local economic growth, and suggests how employer needs as well as opportunities for low income workers might be served by successful policies in the areas of housing, transportation, education and workforce development. There are notable differences in the patterns of work and employment within and across metro areas, implying that there is no single strategy or national blueprint that will work everywhere.
Affordable Rental Housing in Healthy Communities (Research Report) Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Barika X. Williams, Glenn Kates, Susan J. Popkin, Carol Rabenhorst The devastation and displacement of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita poses a unique set of affordable housing challenges. Although everyone who was displaced by the disaster face significant housing challenges, the needs of low- and moderate-income renters warrant far more attention than they have thus far received. Without affordable rental options, many residents will not be able to return to their communities and the region’s economic recovery may be undermined by the lack of critical workers. This report is intended to help inform and invigorate public debate about affordable rental housing policies that would improve the ongoing recovery from the storms.
Estimating the Public Costs and Benefits of HOPE VI Investments: Methodological Report (Research Report) Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Mark Woolley, G. Thomas Kingsley, Susan J. Popkin, Diane K. Levy, Elizabeth Cove The HOPE VI program has invested over $6 billion in federal funds for the redevelopment of severely distressed public housing. Drawing on the existing research evidence, this study systematically compares the costs (both monetary and nonmonetary) of maintaining severely distressed public housing developments to the potential costs and benefits of effectively revitalizing them. An effective redevelopment strategy can dramatically improve living conditions for families, resulting in better physical and mental health and increased employment and earnings. Moreover, redevelopment can trigger the revitalization of previously blighted communities. These outcomes also save public resources. In fact, for a typical distressed public housing project, mixed-income redevelopment can save the public more than $20 million over 20 years.
District of Columbia Housing Monitor: Spring 2007 (Series/District of Columbia Housing Monitor) Author(s): Peter A. Tatian The District of Columbia Housing Monitor provides a quarterly look at the Washington, D.C., housing market, tracking home prices, real estate listings, new construction, and affordable housing. This issue's special section examines mortgage lending trends through 2005 and highlights the declining share of low income home buyers in neighborhoods throughout the city.
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