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The latest Housing Market Profile for New Orleans-Metairie, #Louisiana, is now available on #HUDUser. Existing home sales prices in the New Orleans metropolitan area declined during the past year and new home sales price growth slowed. Read the recently released report here: https://lnkd.in/eGarE9Cv #HousingMarket

Have you submitted a nomination for the 2024 HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Healthy Homes? This award will go to the organization or group that best exemplifies innovative approaches, best practices, policies, research, and community engagement that make significant contributions to reduce exposure to health risks, environmental hazards, and substandard housing, especially for underserved communities. Submissions are due on May 15, 2024. Visit HUD User for more info: https://lnkd.in/gRX5P-pm

Read this #HistoricalReport on #HUDUser: tinyurl.com/5n6tpkd2 #ThrowbackThursday

Congratulations to the graduate student team from Harvard University, winners of HUD’s 11th annual Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition! For the 2024 competition, HUD partnered with the city of Madison, #Wisconsin, to challenge students to devise innovative solutions to transform Romnes Apartments, a 169-unit public housing building in Madison. On April 18th, 2024, the four finalist student teams presented their final projects to a jury of practitioners at HUD Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Harvard University team will receive a $20,000 award, and the runner-up team from the University California, Berkeley will receive a $10,000 award. The two remaining finalist teams — The University of Maryland and a second team from the University California, Berkeley will each receive $5,000. Visit HUD User for more information: https://lnkd.in/dEQgc-M

Just released! The National Housing Market Indicators report for April 2024 is now available on HUD User. Overall activity in housing markets slowed, with existing home sales declining after increasing for two consecutive months. Read or download the report: https://lnkd.in/gNSZfNHS #HousingMarket

PD&R has posted a call for papers for a “Cityscape” symposium on housing for those who have served in our military. Articles in this symposium will explore research on housing for U.S. military #veterans and their families. Requested topics include studies on housing instability, supported housing or other publicly subsidized housing, individual or policy-level housing interventions, and other housing-related topics that include veterans. Submit your proposals by December 1, 2024. For more details, visit #HUDUser: https://lnkd.in/ggXz3e6P

A new publication on #HUDUser describes the motivations and theoretical framework guiding the Housing and Children’s Healthy Development study, which aims to understand how residential context impacts children's well-being. It explains how the study design will answer the research questions by implementing the first ever randomized controlled trial of the impact of a housing choice voucher on children’s development. It details the innovative measures of outcomes of interest used in the study. And it discusses potential contributions to knowledge afforded by the research design’s inclusion of a complementary survey sample of the general population of families with children. Read or download the publication on #HUDUser: https://lnkd.in/eAuYRubj

Housing Trivia Tuesday!

The Bronx Point development in the Lower Concourse area of the Bronx is helping to transform a formerly industrial site along the Harlem River through the creation of affordable housing, a new waterfront park, and the future home of the Hip Hop Museum. The housing component adds 542 rental units, ranging in size from studios to three-bedroom apartments. BronxWorks, a local service provider, offers early childhood educational programming for younger residents. The 2.8-acre park adds numerous community amenities to the neighborhood, including barbeque stations and space for a farmers’ market, while helping to rewild the Harlem River waterfront. Read more on HUD User’s #PDREdge: https://lnkd.in/eKUdu8Bw

HUD provides housing support to families through programs such as public housing, housing choice vouchers, and project-based vouchers. Two recent reports examine outcomes for families exiting HUD-assisted housing to better understand factors that influence positive outcomes. In the Housing and Urban Development Health, Economic, and Residential Stability Study, researchers examined the factors leading up to HUD exits and the outcomes associated with those exits, finding that the chances of positive outcomes increase if exits are meaningfully supported. In the Examining the Housing and Neighborhood Trajectories for Former HUD-Assisted Households With Children report, researchers found that housing choice vouchers are relatively successful at limiting residents' exposure to areas of extreme poverty. Read more on HUD User’s #PDREdge: https://lnkd.in/eGAT_2q8