Transportation costs are typically a household's second largest expense after housing. Low income households are especially burdened by transportation costs, with low income households spending up to two times as much of their income on transportation than higher income households (Litman, 2013).Thus,...
Still, at fifty cents on the dollar, even very low-income home buyers could afford to buy a house via the GNND program. 6. Down payment assistance programs Many renters assume they could never save up enough money for a down payment. But they may not have to. Public housing finance ...
30]. Both cities have prioritized addressing housing affordability and homelessness, but have struggled to meet the housing needs of low-income residents. Despite political action and heavy financial
coordinated care and improved access to health and social services.Cedar Sinai Park鈥攁 nonprofit residential care organization located in Portland, Oregon鈥攚ill implement a demonstration project attempting to connect low-income adults living in affordable and public housing with health and social ...
The low-income housing tax credit: A case study of policy learning, coalition building, and paradigm expansion. The goals of policy analysis include understanding the objectives of public policies, ascertaining how to structure policies to influence behaviors and ful... TLH Silvis - Portland State...
The Housing Opportunities and Services Together (HOST) Demonstration is testing the feasibility and effectiveness of two generation intensive service models in distressed public and mixed-income housing communities. This brief draws on findings from the 2012 survey of parents and youth living in the fir...
Since 1987, we’ve been involved with the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit program and all things Affordable Housing, earning us a reputation as an industry leader. Our proven team of professional analysts, consultants and monitors works with both state agencies and private investors, givi...
A Program Evaluation of a Housing With Services Project for Low-Income Adults in Portland, Oregon Reducing hospital use and connecting individuals to local available services and supports are key features of the Affordable Care Act. Adult residents of public housing tend to experience worse health ou...
Fired bricks and Portland cement can cost up to 5 and 2 times (than in plain areas), respectively, because of higher transportation costs. Contrary to low-income families, people with good income, good education and high societal status who were aware of the benefits of earthen construction ...
Article Accessory Dwelling Units as Low-Income Housing: California's Faustian Bargain Darrel Ramsey-Musolf Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, UMass Amherst, MA 01003, USA; darrel@larp.umass.edu; Tel.: +1-413-545-6619 Received: 16 July 2018; Accepted: 5 September 2018; ...