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Evaluating JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competition

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Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…
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Rent-to-Save Pilot in Cambridge, MA

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The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…
Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

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HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit organization with a goal of eliminating homelessness due to eviction for non-payment, notably for families with subsidies and the working poor in Massachusetts. Eviction is costly not only for tenants but for…
Assessing HUD’s IWISH Model for Aging in Place

Assessing HUD’s IWISH Model for Aging in Place

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designed the Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing (IWISH) model to help elderly adults in HUD-assisted multifamily housing age in place. New staff at IWISH sites—full-time Resident Wellness…
Emergency Rental Assistance Guidance for States

Emergency Rental Assistance Guidance for States

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Congress appropriated $25 billion for the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program, which provides assistance with rent and utilities to households that have lost income or experienced other financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to…
Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org

Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org

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Households around the U.S. face growing housing affordability challenges. While there are important roles for the federal and state governments to play in addressing this problem, many of the most critical policy solutions can only be adopted at the…
Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital‘s innovative model for implementing HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program

Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program

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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…
Moving to Work: Incentivizing Landlords in the Housing Choice Voucher Program

Moving to Work: Incentivizing Landlords in the Housing Choice Voucher Program

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program provides voucher subsidies that enables low-income households to select the type of housing and location that meets their needs. However, the HCV program…
Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

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More than 2.3 million households participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, and almost a million of these households are comprised of families with children. With these vouchers, families…
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Welfare to Work Voucher Evaluation

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An important knowledge gap exists with respect to the role that housing assistance plays in promoting economic self-sufficiency among welfare recipients.  To fill this gap, Congress appropriated funds for Section 8 tenant-based assistance to help…