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Volume 4 Number 5
May 2007
In this Issue
Enabling Private-Sector Lending
for Affordable Housing: HUD/UN
Forum with African Countries
Information Technology Streamlines Construction Processes
Transformation on Owasco Avenue
Income Limits Touch Millions of American Families
In the next issue of ResearchWorks
In the Next Issue of ResearchWorks...
HUD has submitted our first Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. This study establishes important baseline data on homelessness that will lead to a better understanding of the number of Americans who are homeless and how their needs might be met. We’ll examine what researchers
have learned about obtaining accurate data to improve the picture of homelessness at local and national levels.
Each year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presents the National Trust/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. The 2006 winner, the Ryan Companies, was recognized for renovation of an historic Sears Roebuck store in Minneapolis. This article highlights the building’s various mixed uses and examines the five HUD programs that helped make the renovation possible.
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In Ideas That Work, HUD’s Office of University Partnerships shares a variety of experiences and the successes of grantees who have undertaken initiatives to promote homeownership in their communities.
In this article, we’ll review approaches and a varied sample of the activities through which these institutions of higher education are helping to strengthen homeownership.
The Affordable Housing Design Advisor website brings together experience, ideas, developers, and design professionals from successful affordable housing projects across the country. We’ll provide an overview of the Affordable Housing Design Advisor’s features, including an idea bank, a step-by-step guide to design in affordable housing, and several Design Updates that illustrate how good design is making a difference in the development of affordable housing in the United States.
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