PD&R Edge Elist 06/04/2013

New on The Edge

Message from PD&R Senior Leadership:
Redesigning the American Housing Survey
Beginning in 2015, the American Housing Survey will draw on a new sample for the first time since 1985. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Kurt Usowski discusses the importance of the nation’s largest housing survey and PD&R’s efforts to redesign the AHS to better meet current and future needs.

In Practice:
Affordable Housing in a Rural, Tourism-Based Community
Sixty new apartments in Moab, Utah are providing much needed affordable housing to the low-wage service and retail workers that form the backbone of the town’s tourism-based economy. Cinema Court highlights the important role of partnerships in affordable housing provision in rural communities with limited technical capacity.

Policy Update:
Confronting Concentrated Poverty With a Mixed-Income Strategy
As the United States faces growing inequity and residential segregation by income, mixed-income housing strategies are an increasingly important tool in addressing concentrated poverty and supporting inclusive communities.