Online Publications/Articles - Housing

MRSC Publications

• Accessory Dwelling Units: Issues & Options, Byron Katsuyama, MRSC 1995. HTML or Adobe Acrobat ( 645kb)
• Affordable Housing Techniques: A Primer for Local Government Officials, Byron Katsuyama, MRSC 1992.
• Infill Development: Strategies for Shaping Livable Neighborhoods, Susan Enger, MRSC, 1997. HTML or Adobe Acrobat ( 1379kb)

Other Publications

• The State of the Nation's Housing, 2004, Joint Center for Housing Studies (), Harvard University
• 2004 Advocates Guide, National Low Income Housing Coalition
• A Quiet Crisis in America, A Report to Congress on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century, June 2002
• Aging in Place: Coordinating Housing and Health Care Provision for America’s Growing Elderly Population (), Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 2001
• Housing America's Seniors (), Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, 2000
• Out of Reach 2004: The Growing Gap Between Housing Costs and Income of Poor People in the United States, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
• Rental Assistance - The Worsening Crisis: A Report to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs, HUD, 2000
• Saving Affordable Housing: What Community Groups Can Do and What Government Should Do, John Atlas & Ellen Shoshker, National Housing Institute, 1997
• The SeaGreen Affordable Housing Guide, Seattle Office of Housing, 2002 () Guidebook to promote sustainable (green) building practices, operation cost savings, energy conservation… in multifamily housing projects.
• HCV Tenant Accessibility Study: 2001-2002, (A HUD report on a housing choice voucher study) August 2004

Articles/Research Papers

• Rethinking Local Affordable Housing Strategies: Lessons from 70 Years of Policy and Practice, The Brookings Institution, December 2003
• Effectiveness of Housing Programs by Policy Goals, (an at-a-glance matrix from the above report, click on any cell for more detail) The Brookings Institution, 2003
• Top Ten State and Local Strategies to Increase Affordable Housing Supply By Arthur C. Nelson, Housing Facts & Findings, Vol 5, No. 1, FannieMae Foundation, 2003
• Issue Papers on Demographic Trends Important to Housing, () HUD, February 2003 (demographic projections and discussion of the impacts of aging and household structure, immigration and other trends on housing needs)
• Why Not In Our Community? Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing, HUD, February 2005 (focuses on regulatory barriers)
• Affordable Housing and Smart Growth: Making the Connection, () Smart Growth Network, 2001
• New Americans, New Homeowners: The Role and Relevance of Foreign-Born First-Time Homebuyers in the U.S. Housing Market, () Rachel Bogardus Drew, N02-2, Joint Center for Housing Studies Harvard University, August 2002
• Up Against A Wall: Housing Affordability for Renters: An Analysis of the 2003 American Community Survey, National Low Income Housing Coalition, November 2004 (ranks state of Washington among top 10 least affordable states for renters)
• The Case for Multifamily Housing, 2nd Ed., Richard M. Haughey, The Urban Land Institute, 2003
• Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact, Richard M. Haughey, The Urban Land Institute, 2005
• Homeownership Affordability in Urban America: Past and Future, by Zhong Yi Tong Fannie Mae Foundation Special Report, () April, 2004 (median-income working families and Individuals squeezed out of market for median-priced home)
• Strategies for Reducing Chronic Street Homelessness, HUD report, January 2004
• Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Promise and Reality, ()Alastair Smith, Joint Center for Housing Studies Harvard University, October 2002
• The House Next Door, The Innovative Housing Institute (a study of the impact of subsidized housing on property values of private market rate in Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia)
• Vacant-Property Policy and Practice: Baltimore and Philadelphia, () John Kromer, The Brookings Institution, 2002
• Credit Enhancement for Affordable Housing in SeaTac Announced, King County, WA, 1998
• Group Homes: Local Control and Regulation Versus Federal and (WA) State Fair Housing Laws, Ted H. Gathe, 1997 96kb), Alexander von Hoffman, 1999
• Small Houses for Bigger Living, Mary Garner, 1998
• Ten Steps to a Living Downtown (), Jennifer T. Moulton, FAIA, 1999
• The Implications of Changing U.S. Demographics for Housing Choice and Location in Cities ( 114kb), Martha Farnsworth Riche, Prepared for the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, March 2001
• The Widening Gap: New Findings on Housing Affordability in America, HUD, 1999

Collections of Articles/Research Papers

• APA Affordable Housing Reader (housing publications available from APA, including many online articles)
• HUD Library - Housing
• Housing Assistance Council
• Joint Center on Housing Studies working paper abstracts
• National Affordable Housing Training Institute
• National Housing Institute Article List
• Smart Growth Network Housing Resources
• The Brookings Institute Housing Research Papers