Housing Opportunity Program

Affordable Housing Research

• Power of Partnership (2008, PDF: 182KB)
  Chambers of commerce and Realtors® groups join together at the regional level to promote workforce housing solutions.

• American Community Survey (2004)
  Homebuyers Favor Shorter Commutes, Walkable Neighborhoods in a survey sponsored by the National Association of REALTORS® and Smart Growth America.

• Community Acceptance of Affordable Housing (2004; PDF: 775KB)
  A comprehensive review of community resistance to affordable housing.

• Housing Wealth Effects: Housing's Impact on Wealth (2004; PDF: 608KB)
  This report describes research on the role of housing wealth in household net worth and the impact of changes in household wealth on consumer spending that was conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC for the National Association of REALTORS®.

• New Orleans Affordable Housing Case Study (2001; PDF: 813KB)
  Six case studies are included in this paper. The first three are project-oriented case studies, which
  address specific successes and failures. The next three are methodology case studies on initiatives designed to affect broad groups of persons and geographic areas.