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October 26, 2011 -
Speech
Remarks by Julia Stasch at Launch of Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission
MacArthur Vice President Julia Stasch discusses the importance of adapting housing policy to an ever-changing socioeconomic reality. Read More
October 26, 2011 -
Press release
Bipartisan Commission to Address Future of U.S. Housing Policy
A new Bipartisan Housing Commission, supported by MacArthur through a grant to the Bipartisan Policy Center, will address the long-term challenges facing a struggling housing sector. Read More
April 26, 2011 -
Publication
Affordability Increasingly Challenges U.S. Renters
Long-term increases in rental housing prices and utility costs combined with stagnant or falling incomes are creating escalating affordability pressures for U.S. renters. Read More
April 1, 2011 -
Info sheet
Affordable Housing
MacArthur’s grantmaking is designed to support more balanced housing policies that acknowledge the importance of affordable rental housing and to help low- and moderate-income Americans improve their lives. Read More
February 7, 2011 -
Press release
9 Groups Receive Grants for How Housing Matters to Families & Communities Program
Boston College (2010)
Brown University (2010)
Harvard University (2010)
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City/Department of Housing Preservation and Development (2010)
New York University (2010)
RAND- Social Networks (2010)
University of Chicago (2010 ... Read More
February 7, 2011 -
Press release
MacArthur Awards $5.6 Million to Support Research on How Housing Matters to Children, Families, and Communities
Recipients will mine and connect existing data sets, such as the U.S. Census and school statistics, in new ways to reveal insights into the effectiveness of housing policies and related public programs. Read More
February 1, 2011 -
Publication
Housing Affordability Remains a Challenge for America's Working Families
One in four working households in the United States spends more than half of its income on housing costs, according to a new report by the Center for Housing Policy, a MacArthur grantee. Read More
October 1, 2010 -
Publication
Homeownership Not Factor in Positive Outcomes for Children, New Report Says
Although stable housing is important for healthy families, new research suggests that homeownership does not necessarily lead to better outcomes for children - stable renting can have equally positive effects. But a recent scan of the country ... Read More
February 27, 2010 -
Press release
How Housing Matters to Families & Communities: All Grantees
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Child Well-Being | Economic Opportunity | Education | Health | Instability | Neighborhoods
Child Well-Being
Boston College (2010)
Boston Medical Center/Children's HealthWatch (2008)
Columbia (2009)
Cornell (2009)
Johns Hopkins (2009)
New York University (2011)
Ohio ... Read More
February 23, 2010 -
Press release
How Housing Matters to Families & Communities 2009 Grant Recipients
Columbia (2009)
Cornell (2009)
Johns Hopkins (2009)
Ohio State (2009)
Princeton (2009)
RAND-Inclusionary Zoning and Schools (2009)
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto (2009)
University of Illinois at Chicago (2009)
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (2009)
University ... Read More
February 23, 2010 -
Press release
Competitive Grants Competition Awards $6 Million to 13 Housing Research Projects
The projects will produce a base of empirical evidence to show how housing affects children’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development and how housing choices shape the economic, physical, and emotional well-being of adults. Read More
February 26, 2009 -
Press release
How Housing Matters to Families & Communities 2008 Grant Recipients
Boston Medical Center/Children's HealthWatch (2008)
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2008)
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City/Department of Housing Preservation and Development (2008)
Northwestern University (2008)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008 ... Read More
September 1, 2008 -
Press release
How Housing Matters to Families & Communities Initiative
How Housing Matters is an ongoing, five-year, $25 million research initiatives to deepen the literature on the effect that investments in affordable housing have on social and economic outcomes. Read More
April 30, 2008 -
Publication
Mortgage Turmoil Contributes to Rental Affordability Woes, According to Harvard Report
The current mortgage turmoil reaches deep into rental markets, according to new research on rental housing market dynamics released today by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Read More
February 12, 2007 -
Speech
"Home is Where We Start: Why We Need to Know More about Housing and How it Matters for Children, Families, and Communities," Remarks by Jonathan Fanton
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton announces the Foundation's $25 million commitment to support research on how housing matters to the education, health, and well-being of residents. Read More
