This report explores the differences in housing conditions between those U.S. families who receive various forms of public assistance and those who do not. The findings of this report show that low-income Virginians who ...

This report is commissioned by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and examines the concept of "housing need" and the worst-case housing needs measure and makes recommendations for improving the measure and ...

Dante is a small community in Russell County, Virginia. Although today its population does not exceed 1000, it was once a thriving community rich from the abundance of coal layered in the mountains. The community boasted ...

The main report consists of two components 1) Housing and Redevelopment Opportunities and 2) Housing Redevelopment Strategies. The third component is a special analysis completed by Dr. Ted Koebel's graduate level planning ...

This evaluation reports on the HUD demonstration program that provides a housing option for keeping elderly close to family or friends.. The evaluation included a review of background including zoning and land-use issues, ...

This report determines the level of need for and interest in a housing loan program for migrant farmworker housing in Virginia and documents the housing conditions of migrant farmworkers in Virginia.

Housing is widely recognized as a necessity of life and it is also the single largest cost of living for most households. Since the cost of housing determines how much of other goods families can consume, affordable housing ...

The impacts on homeownership from household income, age of the householder, household type, and race of the householder are individually significant and collectively help explain most of the variation in homeownership ...

This report was prepared for the National Center for the Revitalization of Central Cities. The report is based on a statistical study of changes in residential investment in six cities between 1982 and 1992. This period ...

This report demonstrated the feasibility of a mailed survey of public housing tenants, with techniques that generated nearly a 40% response rate. This highly efficient and affordable procedure provides performance improving ...