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25 June, 2024

PD&R Edge, an online magazine, provides you with a snapshot view of our newly released research, periodicals, publications, news, and commentaries on housing and urban development issues.

Racial inequities in homeownership have long been persistent in the United States, with the nearly 30-point homeownership gap between Black and white households virtually unchanged since the 1960s. From discrimination in the mortgage market to targeted subprime products, households of color generally have been unable to obtain home financing at the same rate as their white counterparts. In the third event of the Housing Technology series co-hosted by HUD and Terner Labs, panelists explored how innovations in underwriting and homeownership models may enable progress toward more equitable levels of homeownership.

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PD&R LEADERSHIP

Solomon Greene (left) and Sahian Valladares (right).

This Pride Month, We Celebrate the People and Policies That Ensure Safe, Stable and Affordable Housing for All, Free From Discrimination

In the Leadership Message, Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at PD&R, and Sahian Valladares, Senior Advisor for Outreach and Engagement at PD&R, discuss efforts at HUD to ensure that LGBTQI+ individuals have fair and equal access to strong, sustainable, and inclusive communities and can access housing free from discrimination. In particular, HUD has been proactive in implementing protections against sexual and gender identity-based discrimination following the Supreme Court’s Bostock decision and has launched initiatives, including the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, the LGBTQI+ Youth Homelessness Initiative, and the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Action Plan.

IN PRACTICE

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Building Affordable Housing for LGBTQ+ Seniors on Surplus Church Land

In Portland, Oregon, Christ United Methodist Church and Home First Development Partners created the Opal, an affordable housing development serving LGBTQ+ seniors aged 55 and older. Residents are connected to services through a partnership with Elder Pride Services, a program administered by area nonprofit Friendly House to serve the educational, social, recreational, and wellness needs of LGBTQ+ seniors. In addition to aiding LGBTQ+ seniors, who are more likely to experience vulnerability to housing insecurity compared to their heterosexual counterparts, the Opal is helping secure the long-term financial well-being of the church while serving as a model for Portland’s efforts to ease affordable housing development by other religious institutions.

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TRENDING

The Insights From the Field: Listening Sessions With LGBTQI+ Homeless Youth, Young Adults, and Service Providers
In response to a series of Executive Orders that increase protections and advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals, HUD recently undertook a series of listening sessions with 75 LGBTQI+ youth, young adults, and service providers to inform the technical assistance and support provided through HUD’s LGBTQI+ Youth Homelessness Initiative for LGBTQI+ youth and young adults experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The listening sessions revealed insights about challenges, barriers, discrimination, and best practices, including the importance of safe and affirming shelter space, the need for trauma-informed and culturally competent care, the challenge of providing continuous services as young adults age out of youth programming, and the centrality of deep and meaningful engagement from service providers to aiding LGBTQI+ youth.

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SPOTLIGHT ON PD&R DATA

HUD’s Actions to Gather and Safeguard Data and Support LGBTQI+ Individuals
Many LGBTQI+ individuals still face barriers to obtaining safe and affordable housing. Yet, housing data pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), which could inform policies addressing those disparities, has been historically lacking. In March 2023, HUD released its SOGI Data Action Plan, one of the first federal agencies to do so in response to a June 2022 Executive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals. Over the past year, HUD has either completed or made considerable progress toward fulfilling the plan’s action items, including updates to data collection, planning, and coordination efforts. Moving forward, these data will be critical in understanding and improving the health and well-being of the LGBTQI+ individuals HUD serves.

INTERNATIONAL & PHILANTHROPIC SPOTLIGHT

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Offsite Construction: An International Perspective

One approach to curbing housing costs is to reduce the cost of construction through offsite manufacturing. Despite HUD’s Operation Breakthrough program of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which attempted to pave the way for innovative housing production systems, other counties have taken the lead in more fully realizing the potential of offsite housing manufacturing. Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom have made advances in these areas and will be featured in an upcoming comparative study from PD&R.

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