Associate Director of Affordable Housing Initiatives
Katelynn Harris
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Terner Center Study Finds Economic Mobility and Educational Success for Housing Credit Tenants
The Terner Center for Housing Innovations at UC Berkley (The Terner Center), in partnership with the California Community Reinvestment Corporation (CCRC), recently highlighted the impact living in affordable housing has on residents’ economic mobility and other positive outcomes.
GAO Report Says HUD Should Improve Metrics and Ongoing Oversight of RAD Program
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report considering public housing conversions under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program.
AHTCC Now Accepting Applications for 24th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards
The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) is currently accepting entries for the 24th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards.
Harvard Report Finds Growth in Renter Demand Slowing Overall, but Need for Housing Assistance Among Poorest Still at Near-Record
Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released on December 14 its biennial report on the state of America’s rental housing, finding that while there has been an unprecedented increase in demand for rental housing over the last decade, the surge in rental household growth is now ebbing. However, the report says, the number of very low-income renter households has grown significantly in recent years—by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2015—dwarfing the increase in the number of very low-income households receiving rental assistance (an increase of merely 600,000 households) over that time period.
