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Housing Needs Assessment
Get a customized report for any city, county, or MSA in the country visualizing housing needs, market conditions, demographics, and more.
Housing Solutions Lab and the Center for Justice Innovation Launch 2025 Housing Justice Peer Network
The NYU Furman Center’s Housing Solutions Lab (“the Lab”) and the Center for Justice Innovation (“the Center”) have selected eight communities to join the 2025 Housing Justice Peer Network — a 16-month-long program designed for housing and criminal justice agency leaders nationwide.
Policy at a Crossroads: What We Know About Work Requirements and Time Limits in Federal Housing Assistance
Explore how proposed work requirements and time limits could impact millions relying on HUD rental assistance. Learn from past PHA experiences and new research.
Build Your Strategy
Local governments have a critical role to play in addressing the housing challenges faced by their residents. But with dozens of different local housing policies to consider, and unresolved questions about the relative responsibilities and resources of federal, state, and local government, it can be difficult to know where to start and how to structure an effective local housing strategy.
The LHS Housing Policy Framework categorizes more than 95 local housing policies into four functional areas. Use the framework to identify gaps in your housing strategy and policies to fill them.
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