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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.
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Spotlight
Harvard’s Innovations in American Government Awards
Two federal initiatives were recently honored by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative and HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative were named two of the Top 25 Innovations In American Government by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
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