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Housing and Housing Finance

How Has HUD’s Controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration Affected Tenants?

The RAD program allows housing authorities to “convert” their units into project-based Section 8 assistance.

Housing and Housing Finance

To explain changes in the homeownership rate, look beyond demographic trends

In 2015, the national homeownership rate declined to 62.7 percent, below the level 30 years prior.

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Steven Brown

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Brady Meixell

Research Analyst
Diana Elliott

Diana Elliott

Principal Research Associate
Laurie Goodman

Laurie Goodman

Vice President, Housing Finance Policy

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