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Tackling New York City’s Housing Crisis is a ‘Shared Responsibility’

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Top New York City officials urged state leaders in Albany to provide the necessary funding and legislative support to build additional housing as the city contends with its worst housing crunch in over 50 years. "We percent—the lowest mark since 1986, according to the latest NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey released last Thursday.

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How changes to Fair Market Rent affects access to affordable housing for extremely low-income renters

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing Choice Vouchers are a critical source of funding for North Carolina’s lowest income renters to access affordable housing. As of 2023, about 72,000 North Carolina renters use vouchers to subsidize the cost of rent and utilities. For instance, the 2024 FMR was calculated using ACS data from 2017 to 2021.

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Lessons from the White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities

NLC (National League of Cities)

In September 2023, the White House hosted the first-ever Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. This was a milestone toward building a more climate-resilient nation together.

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Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's relevant to both strong and weak markets, because even in weak markets, there probably isn't enough housing. Like a lot of Salt Lake west side is mostly single family housing. If you want to support schools, you need more population, and given the housing demographics there, that means multiunit housing.

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Developing Affordable Housing Through Collaborative City-University Partnerships

NLC (National League of Cities)

In our nation’s cities, the lack of affordable housing continues to challenge local leaders. According to the 2023 Urban Institute study, there was a shortage of 7.3 Written in collaboration with Gregory Kienzl, Director of Data and Impact, Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.

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Housing Forward Virginia

First State Insights

Jonathan Knopf, Executive Director for Programs at Housing Forward Virginia, speaks with Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about developing and leading affordable housing efforts in Virginia.

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2023 Media Highlights

NLC (National League of Cities)

Journalists turned to NLC for comments and expert clarification on a variety of issues ranging from public safety, housing, local authority, health […] Source NLC experts were quoted in several outlets, ranging from print, broadcast and online publications.