Results for Tag "Rental Assistance"
Asthma among Adults in Boston Varies with Housing Assistance
Indoor housing quality problems, which are commonly found in public housing, are associated with asthma. Prior research has found that adults living in assisted housing (either public housing or…
Upward Mobility in HUD’s Jobs Plus Program: An Expert Q&A
Amid the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) recent emphasis on policies that increase employment among assisted renters, understanding housing-based self-sufficiency…
Why We Need to Stop Evictions Before They Happen
By Emily Peiffer
Eviction is more than a forced move. It’s a destabilizing event that can send a family into a cycle of financial and emotional turmoil, affecting their current and future prospects…
Does HUD Assistance Affect Child Health Outcomes?
About 4 million of the 10 million Americans who receive US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assistance are children. How healthy are these children? Housing policymakers and public…
Upward Mobility in the Family Self-Sufficiency Program: An Expert Q&A
Amid the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) recent emphasis on policies that increase employment among assisted renters, understanding housing-based self-sufficiency…
What’s the Relationship Between Housing and Childhood Asthma?
Increasingly, housing practitioners and health care providers are learning that their missions are aligned. Housing quality helps determine health outcomes, such as a person’s exposure to allergens…
Child Homelessness Leads to Preventable Health Care Costs
Past research from the Children’s Health Watch has shown that homelessness, both pre-natal and post-natal has a detrimental impact on the health of children. Compared to children that have not…
HUD Finds 7.7 Million Households at Risk Due to Worst Case Needs
How many very-low-income renters are at risk of serious economic, health, and wellbeing hardships due to housing problems? Using data from the American Housing Survey, the U.S. Department of Housing…
