Search

More than 150,000 families experience homelessness each year and are forced to seek emergency shelter or face life on the street. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wanted to understand the most effective options to help these families. 

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to help housing assistance recipients increase their earnings and build savings to make progress toward economic security. The standard FSS program…

Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…

This brief provides early insights from parents into how guaranteed income pilot programs improving outcomes for their families.

Evaluation of changes in FICO® Score and debt levels for housing assistance recepients in Compass Working Capital FSS programs.

This study on homeless encampments in Los Angeles identifies the challenges, the responses, and the policies at the county and city levels.

Abt’s evaluation of California’s Project Roomkey found this COVID-19-specific solution for people experiencing homelessness has broader applications.

Abt evaluated the MacArthur Foundation’s WOO Initiative and found investments in individual entities support affordable housing preservation and development.

The final report on Abt’s evaluation of HUD’s First-Time Homebuyer Education and Counseling Demonstration found benefits for women and younger buyers.