At Home is a quarterly e-newsletter from the Housing & Communities Practice at Abt Associates. Here you'll find the latest research results & expert insights about housing & community development issues important to you.

Latest Issue:

March 2017

• Study: Young Children Face Instability Even After Homelessness Ends
• Want to Have an Impact on Housing Policy? Go Local!
• Better Together: How Coordinating Public and Private Investments Can Play a Role in Ending Chronic Homelessness
• The First-Time Homebuyer Education and Counseling Demonstration
  
  Read the March 2017 issue here.

Past Issues

December 2016

• Which Approaches Can Best Help Families Experiencing Homelessness?
• Expenses: the Neglected Half of the Household Budget
• Report on Homelessness in America Finds Continued Overall Decline
• Watch: HUD Secretary Comments on Study’s Role in Establishing Evidence on Ways to Reduce Homelessness
  
  Read the December 2016 issue here.

Fall 2016

• What Happens to Adolescents Who Experience Family Homelessness? New Research Brief Sheds Light
• The Private Housing Market: Friend or Foe?
• What a New Study Tells Us about Homebuyer Education and Counseling
• Making Progress in Ending Veteran Homelessness
  
  Read the Fall 2016 issue here.

Spring 2016

• Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social Safety Net?
• Local Governments Lead the Way on Affordable Housing, Minimum Wage Reform
• Cutting the Red Tape: Report Explores New Strategies for Improving Land Development Review and Approval
• Video Diaries: A New Tool for Deeper Understanding
  
  Read the Spring 2016 issue here.

Winter 2016

• HUD’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program: What Did We Learn?
• Can a Policy Innovation Help Families in Public Housing Build Assets and Increase Their Earnings?
• New Report Provides Snapshot of Homelessness in America
• HUD At 50: Book Explores an Agency’s Evolution
  
  Read the Winter 2016 issue here.

Fall 2015

• The Value of Vouchers: New Study Confirms Effectiveness of Vouchers in Helping Homeless Families
• In House by Jeffrey Lubell: New Evidence on the Effects of Housing Assistance on Adult and Child Well-Being
• Neighborhoods in Need: Stabilizing Neighborhoods During the Economic Downturn
• Focus on Foreclosures: What Role Do Mortgages Play in U.S. Home Foreclosure Market?
  
  Read the Fall 2015 issue here.

Summer 2015

• Behind the Numbers: Estimating the Cost of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program
• In House by Jeffrey Lubell: Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing in Neighborhoods with Rising Rents and Home Prices
• Analysis of Neighborhood Stabilization Program shows Mixed Results
• Location, Location, Location! Measurable Benefits For Residents of Public Housing Developments Located in High-Income Neighborhoods
  
  Read the Summer 2015 issue here.

Spring 2015

• In House by Jeffery Lubell: Making the Most of Limited Housing Funding
• Decline in U.S. Homelessness According to Abt Report
• Moving To Work Innovations Report
• Profile of Maine’s Older Population and Housing Stock
  
  Read the Spring 2015 issue here.

Fall 2014

• In House by Jeffery Lubell: Taking Housing Linkages Seriously
• Homelessness Continues to Decline in the US- Especially Among Veterans
• HUD Releases Data Set on Assisted Housing and Homelessness
• New Reports on Medicaid Expansion and Homelessness
  
  Read the Fall 2014 issue here.

Summer 2014

• Jill Khadduri's take on fresh ideas for evaluating whether housing programs work
• Final installment of Jeffrey Lubell's column on an "End Game for Meeting America’s Rental Housing Needs"
• An introduction to SSVF University—an inclusive online compilation of homelessness research, toolkits, and training resources
• News about a national online resource to aid economically distressed cities
  
  Read the Summer 2014 issue here.

Spring 2014

• New Study Discusses Efforts by PHAs to Assist People Experiencing Homelessness
• Counting Homeless Populations with Secretary Donovan
• Counting DC's Homeless...Data Became People
• In House, a column by Jeffrey Lubell, Abt's Director of Housing Initiatives, "What's the End Game for Meeting America's Rental Housing Needs? Part II"
  
  Read the Spring 2014 issue here.

Fall 2013

• Homelessness in America Continues Downward Trend, Abt Study Finds
• Abt Supports MassHousing in Developing 
  New Strategic 

  Plan
• Launch of Pilot for First-Time Homebuyer Study
• In House, a column by Jeffrey Lubell, Abt's Director of Housing Initiatives, "What's the End Game for Meeting America's Rental Housing Needs?" 
   

  
  Read the Fall 2013 issue here.

Summer 2013

• NYC's Homebase Program Is Helping At-Risk Families Stay out of Shelter, Saving Tax Dollars, Study Finds
• Abt Helps LA Plan for Communities of Opportunity: Bernanke Highlights Plan in Recent Speech
• Homelessness Avoided for Most Veteran Families Served by VA Program, Report Finds
• Jeffrey Lubell, Abt's Director of Housing Initiatives, Published his Inaugural Column, In House

       Read the Summer 2013 issue here.

Spring 2013

• Prominent Housing and Community Development Expert to Join Abt Associates
• Can States Create a Better Balance between High-Opportunity and Low-Income Locations of LIHTC Developments?
• Homeless Assistance Programs Face Constraints, Exclude Many Vulnerable Families, Interim Study Finds
• What Would the Housing Choice Voucher Program Cost If It Served All of the Neediest Households?
  
  Read the Spring 2013 issue here.

Winter 2013

• Homelessness in America Declining, Abt Study Finds, with Commentary by Tom Albanese
• Disaster Victims Give Alternative Housing a 'Thumbs Up,' but Program Operators Find it Challenging, with Commentary by Gretchen Locke
• Meryl Finkel, Ph.D., Appointed Housing & Communities Practice Leader
  
  Read the Winter 2013 issue here.
   

Fall 2012

• Stable Housing Is Key to Good Health, Panelists at Abt Forum Agree
• The End of Rent Restrictions, with Commentary by Meryl Finkel
• Outcomes of Foreclosure Counseling, with Commentary by Anna Jefferson
  
  Read the Fall 2012 issue here.
   

Summer 2012

• Stable Housing Is Key to Good Health, Panelists at Abt Forum Agree
• The End of Rent Restrictions, with Commentary by Meryl Finkel
• Outcomes of Foreclosure Counseling, with Commentary by Anna Jefferson
  
  Read the Summer 2012 issue here.