National Economic Association
Promoting Economic Growth

 
 
 

Housing, Community Development,
and Related Topics



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Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD Office of Housing - Federal Housing Administration
HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
HUD Nonprofit Center
HUD Office of Community Planning and Development
HUD USER
FY 2000 Income Limits and Section 8 Fair Market Rents
Rural and Community Development - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Information on housing, community development, rural economic development and empowerment zones/enterprise communities. Initiatives from the Office of Community Development (OCD), and information on OCD publications.
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Housing Finance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (FDAC) is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
Fannie Mae
Federal Reserve Board
Freddie Mac
Ginnie Mae
Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits
Historic buildings are tangible links with the past. They help give a community a sense of identity, stability and orientation. The Federal government encourages the preservation of historic buildings through various means. One of these is the program of Federal tax incentives to support the rehabilitation of historic and older buildings.
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Organizations and Associations

American Institute of Architects
Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy -- The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy seeks to shape a new generation of urban policies that will help build strong cities and metropolitan regions.
Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University is a collaborative venture of the Kennedy School of Government and the Graduate School of Design. The Joint Center conducts programs of research, education and public outreach that focus on housing and the role of housing in improving the quality of individual and community life.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBAA)
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
The purpose of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) is to be the leading housing and community development advocate for the provision of adequate and affordable housing and strong, viable communities for all Americans, particularly those with low and moderate incomes, and to enhance the professional development and effectiveness of NAHRO's members.
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
The NLIHC is committed to educating, organizing, and advocating to ensure decent, affordable housing within healthy neighborhoods for everyone.
National Fair Housing Advocate
Includes links to a wide variety of Fair Housing web sites and searchable databases of Fair Housing legal cases and precedents.
National Housing Institute
NHI is committed to solving the nation's low-income housing crisis by providing information, developing innovative programs and supporting a broad coalition to focus the nation on housing and related community issues. Important research projects have included: Preventing Homelessness; Preventing Arson; and Saving "At-Risk" Affordable Housing.
National Leased Housing Association
NLHA deals with changing political and economic realities of low and moderate income rental housing. Includes "Assisted Housing Update" and links to other web sites dealing with housing issues.
Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
Urban Land Institute
ULI - the Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit education and research institute that is supported and directed by its members. Its mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment.
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Periodical Resources (some resources may not be full-text)

Affordable Housing Finance
A monthly electronic journal that presents an overview of financing sources, tax credits, government program information, and industry news for developers and professionals in the multi-family affordable housing field.
Periodicals from HUD USER
Full-text of five periodicals published by HUD User including: U.S. Housing Market Conditions, Fieldworks, Recent Research Results, Cityscape, and Urban Research Monitor.
Housing Policy Debate
Published by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
Journal of Housing Research
Published by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
Landlines -- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

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Other Resources

American Housing Survey from the Census Bureau
National Register of Historic Places
Resources on Architecture : WWW Virtual Library
Social and Economic Development Web Sites
Maintained by the Center for Social Development Washington University in St. Louis
Mortgage Loan Calculator

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Legal Resources

Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
The American Bar Association's Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law comprises over 1,500 attorneys, government officials and people who work in the arena of affordable housing. This site contains publications and project information, as well as links to related sites.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
 
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Statistical Resources

Census of Population and Housing, 1990
Census Summary Tape File 1A, 1C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D
Consolidated Housing Plans (HUD)
Executive summaries of consolidated plans for selected communities in the U.S.
Data Sets available from HUD
HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original electronic data sets generated by PD&R sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
Metropolitan Area Definitions on the Census Bureau Web Site
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines metropolitan areas (MA's) according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data.
A Picture of Subsidized Households - 1998 (HUD Office of Policy Development & Research)
This Web site sketches a picture of nearly five million subsidized households across the United States. It includes: (1) Totals; (2) Indian Housing; (3) Public Housing; (4) Section 8 Certificates and Vouchers; (5) Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation; (6) Section 8 New and Substantial Rehabilitation; (7) Section 236; (8) Other HUD subsidies; and (9) Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). Data are available for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
State of the Nation's Housing
Annual report produced by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

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Related Topics

Link to the library's Homelessness section on the Welfare & Poverty page

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