Online Publications/Articles - Housing

MRSC Publications

• Accessory Dwelling Units: Issues & Options, Byron Katsuyama, MRSC 1995. HTML or Adobe Acrobat ( 645kb).
• Affordable Housing Techniques: A Primer for Local Government Officials, Byron Katsuyama, MRSC 1992.
• Infill Development: Strategies for Shaping Livable Neighborhoods, Susan Enger, MRSC, 1997. HTML or Adobe Acrobat ( 1379kb).

Other Publications

• The State of the Nation's Housing, 2008, Joint Center for Housing Studies (), Harvard University.
• 2008 Advocates Guide, National Low Income Housing Coalition - Good explanation of many housing programs.
• Best Practices in the Production of Affordable Housing, Urban Land Institute, 2005 – brief report describes and illustrates best practices strategies for successful predevelopment efforts, financing, long term organization sustainability, and affordable housing production.
• Solving America's Shortage of Homes Working Families Can Afford: Fifteen Success Stories, Homes for Working Families, Urban Land Institute & Fannie Mae Foundation, March 2006 – Report on 15 success stories and the underlying principles that made them work.
• Research on State and Local Means of Increasing Affordable Housing, Prepared for the National Association of Home Builders by Abt Associates Inc, January 2008 – Compendium of affordable housing strategies used at the state and local level with emphasis on identifying innovative strategies.
• Out of Reach 2007-2008, NLIHC – Provides side-by-side comparison of wages and rents (and the affordability gap) in every county, Metropolitan Area (MSAs/HMFAs), combined nonmetropolitan area and state in the United States. 
• Aging in Place: Coordinating Housing and Health Care Provision for America�s Growing Elderly Population (), Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 2001.
• Housing America's Seniors (), Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, 2000.
•  Rental Assistance - The Worsening Crisis: A Report to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs, HUD, 2000.
• Building a Better Urban Future: New Directions for Housing Policies in Weak Market Cities, Alan Mallach, National Housing Institute, 2005 
• SeaGreen Guide – Greening Seattle’s Affordable Housing, 2002 - Guidebook to promote sustainable (green) building practices, operation cost savings, energy conservation� in multifamily housing projects.
• Affordable Housing: A Guide for Local Officials, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 2007.
• State of Colorado Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 2005 – 2010.
  A Place to Call Home: Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Association of Bay Area Governments, 2007 - Report emphasizes the importance of encouraging housing development in existing communities and near transit.  The report presents some of the best practices and tools that local communities are using to promote housing in these locations.
• Housing Your Community: A Housing Element Guide, Washington State Community, Trade and Economic Development, 1993 - CTED (Dept. of Commerce) guidebooks are available by calling (360) 725-3000. 
   

Articles/Research Papers

• Community Housing Strategies: Market Innovation, Local Choice, The Housing Partnership, November 2005.
• The Right Size Home: Housing Innovation in Washington, The Housing Partnership.
• VISION 2020 + 20 Update Issue Paper on Housing, Puget Sound Regional Council, August 25, 2005 – Reviews current housing law and housing trends, identifies challenges and opportunities, and makes recommendations.
• Preservation of Affordable Homeownership: A Continuum of Strategies, by Rick Jacobus and Jeffrey Lubell, Center for Housing Policy, April 2007 – Preserving affordable housing over time through resales restrictions, second mortgages with deferred payments at the time of resale, and others. 
• Rethinking Local Affordable Housing Strategies: Lessons from 70 Years of Policy and Practice, The Brookings Institution, December 2003.
• Effectiveness of Housing Programs by Policies Goals: A Matrix, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, The Urban Institute, December 2003 - An at-a-glance matrix from the above report, click on any cell for more detail.
• Meeting Multifamily Housing Finance Needs During and After the Credit Crisis: A Policy Brief, Joint Center for Housing Studies - Harvard University, January 2009.
• America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy, Joint Center for Housing Studies - Harvard University, 2008 – Report examines recent mortgage market events in the context of long-standing affordability problems that plague millions of renters.
• Rethinking U.S. Rental Housing Policies: Build on Local and State Innovations, Bruce Katz, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, The Urban Institute, 2007.
• A Review of New Urban Demographics and Impacts on Housing, Presentation by Robert Puentes, Brookings Institute, 2007 – Quick overview of major demographic trends impacting housing demand. Very useful summary outlines and charts provide a quick understanding of trends.
• Getting Ahead of the (Housing) Curve: A Look at Emerging Housing Needs and Market Dynamics, Arthur C. Nelson, Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Spring 2006.
• Housing demographics and homebuilders – Three part series on shifting demographics and the housing market, by Peter Fabris, HousingZone.Com April 24, 2008.
• The New Demographics of Housing, George S. Masnick, Harvard University, in Housing Policy Debate, Fannie Mae Foundation, 2002.
• Issue Papers on Demographic Trends Important to Housing, February 2003, HUD.
• Why Do House Prices Fall? Perspectives on the Historical Drivers of Large Nominal House Price Declines (Working Paper WO7-3) Daniel McCue and Eric S. Belsky, Joint Center for Housing Studies - Harvard University, 2007.
• The Housing Landscape for America’s Working Families, Center for Housing Policy, 2007 - Using the most recent American Housing Survey (2005), this report updates national trends in the number of working families paying more than half of their income for housing and/or living in dilapidated conditions.
• Trends in Housing Costs: 1985-2005 and the 30-Percent-of-Income Standard, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, June 2008.
• A Quiet Crisis is Looming for America's Seniors: Executive Summary, Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century, June 28, 2002.
• Retirement Housing Forecast - 4 Part Series on Retirement Housing, by John Burns, HousingZone.Com, May 1, 2003.
• Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing, Breakthroughs, Department of Housing and Urban Development Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse, January 2009.
• Why Not In Our Community? Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing, HUD, February 2005 (focuses on regulatory barriers).
• Strategies for Reducing Chronic Street Homelessness, HUD report, January 2004.
• Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Promise and Reality, ()Alastair Smith, Joint Center for Housing Studies Harvard University, October 2002.
• Ten Steps to a Living Downtown (), Jennifer T. Moulton, FAIA, 1999.

Collections of Articles/Research Papers

• Joint Center for Housing Studies Publications (JCHS) - Harvard University working papers on housing markets, rental housing, homeownership, community development, and senior housing. 
  HUD Online Library, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Wealth of housing article organized by topic area, and HUD Affordable Housing Publications. 
• Research, Reports, Data and Publications on Seniors in Public Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• The Brookings Institute Housing Research Papers - Current housing market issues.
• Housing Assistance Council.
• National Affordable Housing Training Institute.
• National Housing Institute Article List.
• Smart Growth Network Housing Resources.
• National Low Income Housing Coalition Research Papers.