Category: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Reward providers that tie stable housing to educational achievement, better health

What can we learn from current or previous efforts to link evidence-based outcomes to policy or program development (in the housing sector or elsewhere)?

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Addressing our nation’s health, education, and economic concerns depends on a balanced housing policy with sufficient, targeted, efficient resources that ensure access to affordable, safe, and secure housing for all Americans.

Housing, education, health, and other social policies cannot and do not operate in isolation. As recent studies have shown, evidence-based outcomes of affordable housing align with traditional categories of public concern. In my last post, I highlighted the correlation between residing in affordable housing and better health outcomes for elderly and families. Likewise, green, energy efficient, stable housing has been linked to reduced incidence of hospitalization, childhood anemia, and respiratory illness.

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What We're Reading: January 23

Throughout the week, the BPC Housing Commission will highlight news articles that address critical developments in housing policy. Any views expressed in the content posted on this forum do not necessarily represent the views of the Commission, its co-chairs or the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Fannie, Freddie overhaul unlikely

By Vicki Needham
The Hill

"An overhaul of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is unlikely again this year despite recent Republican efforts to move the issue up the agenda. Congressional Republicans, along with some Democrats — and even GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich — are renewing calls to craft an agreement to reduce the involvement of Fannie and Freddie in the nation's mortgage market. But without a broader accord, passage of any legislation this year is slim, housing experts say." Read more here.

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What We're Reading: December 7

Goldman: Housing Market Bottom Is Really, Finally (Almost) Here

By Alan Zibel
The Wall Street Journal

"It’s the question that everybody wants to know, but no one seems to be able to answer: When will home prices finally hit bottom? Analysts at Goldman Sachs predict in a new report (published late Friday) that the end of the crash in home values is actually within view. Goldman’s analysts, Hui Shan and Sven Jari Stehn, project that the national S&P/Case-Shiller home price index has 2.5% to fall before it hits bottom next summer. The Case-Shiller index of prices in 20 large cities is likely to fall 3.5% before hitting bottom in the second half of 2012, they say." Read more here.

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George Mitchell: In Search of a Collective Answer at a Critical Moment

It has been nearly five years since I joined with fellow Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole in founding the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). In that time, BPC’s reputation for convening policymakers from both sides of the aisle and forging compromise on some of our most challenging issues has become a trademark in Washington.

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The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission aims to reform the nation’s housing policy by crafting a package of realistic and actionable policy recommendations that consider the near-term and address the long-term challenges in the sector.

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With roughly 5 to 6 million new renter households expected to form over the next ten years, BPC’s Housing Commission is considering the policy implications of how supply and demand will allow for people to choose a housing options that best fits their needs and preferences.

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Large numbers of Baby Boomers may move out of their current homes over the next decade. The extent to which younger Echo Boomer households are in a position to buy those homes will affect neighborhood stability and the demand for new construction.

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Throughout the week, the BPC Housing Commission highlights news items that address critical developments in housing policy.

Foreclosure activity reaches 6-year low
USA TODAY

Fannie, Freddie profits could sap will in Congress to reform mortgage giants
The Hill

More Americans spending majority of income on rent, except in Washington
The Washington Post

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April 2013: Which of the recommendations in the BPC Housing Commission’s report should receive highest priority?

November 2012: What have we learned from past disaster recovery efforts that could be applied in the way of housing assistance following Hurricane Sandy?

October 2012: What should be the interaction (if any) between state and local policies that impact housing availability and affordability?

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Based on the housing industry’s average share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1980 to 2007, the infographic illustrates that 2.3 percent or $350 billion is “missing” in potential growth.

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Mapping the Census Housing Market Indicators Housing Starts, New Home Sales and Residential Investment since 1968 Measuring State-Level Economic Mobility Past Commissions and Reports Trulia’s Housing Barometer U.S. Credit Conditions U.S. Housing Summary 2012 Urban Institute's Metro Area Data Dashboard

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Category: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Reward providers that tie stable housing to educational achievement, better health

What can we learn from current or previous efforts to link evidence-based outcomes to policy or program development (in the housing sector or elsewhere)?

What We're Reading: January 23

Fannie, Freddie overhaul unlikely

What We're Reading: December 7

Goldman: Housing Market Bottom Is Really, Finally (Almost) Here

George Mitchell: In Search of a Collective Answer at a Critical Moment

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