Facts and Studies

Colorado Housing Resources
Colorado Division of Housing
The State Agency that provides financial assistance and services that increase the availability of housing to residents of Colorado.
Vacancy and Rental Surveys
www.dola.colorado.gov/cdh/index.html
Affordable Housing Guide for Local Officials

Housing Snapshot - August 2010
CDOH's Housing Snapshot is provided at least every other month and contains information on rents, vacancies, home prices, foreclosures, employment, consumer prices, and other information important to renters, homeowners, and the housing industry.

The August 2010 issue is available here.

Colorado Housing Search.com
A clearinghouse for affordable housing and related services.
www.coloradohousingsearch.com/index.php

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
To help you learn about affordable housing and economic development, CHFA maintains a research library with information for your reference.
www.colohfa.org

Colorado Housing Investment Fund Coalition
The Colorado Housing Investment Fund Coalition is focused on establishing a statewide housing investment fund with a dedicated and dependable source of public revenue for the creation and preservation of affordable housing throughout Colorado. In February of 2009, the CHIF Coalition Executive Committee voted to establish a new organizational structure for the Coalition, led by Housing Colorado and an Interim Steering Committee. Learn more about our efforts by joining the Action Network.
www.colohousingfund.org

Visit our Housing Resource Directory page for additional resources and links to a broad range of organizations engaged in the full spectrum of housing development and preservation.

Colorado Housing Reports and Resources

Click here to download the 2009 Facts Book.

2010 Housing Facts Update
2010 Housing Colorado Facts Sheet

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Established in 1984, the Coalition works to develop lasting solutions to homelessness that rely on a diverse range of housing, health services, and supportive programs.
www.coloradocoalition.org
Resource Library
2009 Point In Time - Metro Denver here

Bell Policy Center
The Bell Policy Center's 2006 Blueprint for Opportunity - Chapter 2 includes the recommendation to use a housing investment fund to increase affordable housing as a way to help families get ahead. www.thebell.org/PUBS/annual/2006/guide.php
Colorado - The State of Opportunity 2005 Report.
Gateway 8 includes information on creating a statewide housing investment fund to help families earn a decent living and build wealth. www.thebell.org/PUBS/annual/2006/guide.php

National Housing Resources
American Planning Association
With the support of the Fannie Mae Foundation, APA has published an affordable housing reader with articles culled from APA publications that examine the affordable housing issue in the U.S. and evaluate various solutions.
www.planning.org/affordablereader

America's Rental Housing
www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/rental/rh08_americas_rental_housing/index.html
A 2008 study by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Center for Housing Policy
Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions
The handbook identifies strategies and solutions for states and localities to increase affordable homes in their communities.
www.nhc.org/pdf/pub_hwf_solutions_01_07.pdf

Affordable Housing Talking Points
www.housingpolicy.org/talkingpoints.html

American Owners and Renters "Stretched Thin" by Rising Housing Expenses
New study examines the full spectrum of housing costs and reveals that mortgage payments are only one of several factors contributing to the challenge of rising housing expenses.
www.nhc.org

Center on Policy and Budget Priorities
A policy organization that works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
www.cbpp.org/11-30-01hous.htm
Report on Federal Low-income Housing Programs - New Resources Required to Meet Growing Needs by Douglas Rice and Barbara Sard

Corporation for Supportive Housing
CSH helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness.
www.csh.org

DataPlace
Data source provided by KnowledgePlex. Allows you to look up demographic, economic, housing, and mortgage lending data from the decennial census and features customizable maps, charts, tables, and rankings. Data is also dated to ensure you are utilizing the most recent available information.
www.dataplace.org

Federal Housing Data from the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy
Data highlighting housing problems and the availability of affordable housing for states, counties, and other jurisdictions.
socds.huduser.org/chas/index.htm

Homes for Working Families
Homes for Working Families is a national repository of resources and convener of influential stakeholders and decision-makers. HFWF works to enable business, civic and community leaders, as well as public officials, to implement meaningful policy change.
www.homesforworkingfamilies.org

HousingPolicy.org
HousingPolicy.org, a project of the Center for Housing Policy, provides information on successful policies that states and localities have adopted to expand the availability of homes for working families.

Housing Landscape
The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families, 2007
www.nhc.org/housing/landscape2007
The Housing Landscape for America’s Working Families, 2007 conducted by the Center for Housing Policy.

Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions - Prepared by the Center for Housing Policy for Homes for Working Families
www.nhc.org/pdf/chp_hwf_analysis.pdf

National Low Income Housing Coalition
An organization dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis.
www.nlihc.org/index.html

KnowledgePlex
An affordable housing and community development resource for professionals.
www.knowledgeplex.org

National Housing Conference
National Housing Conference (NHC) is the nation's premier public policy and affordable housing advocacy organization. A membership drawn from every industry segment forms the foundation for NHC's broad, nonpartisan advocacy for national policies and legislation that promote suitable housing in a safe, decent environment.

NHC's nonprofit research affiliate, the Center for Housing Policy, combines state-of-the-art research with the insights and expertise of housing practitioners.
www.nhc.org/housing/pubs-descriptions

National Housing Institute
NHI examines the key issues affecting affordable housing and community development practitioners and their supporters. These issues include housing, jobs, safety, and education, with an emphasis on housing and economic development, as well as poverty and racism, disinvestment and lack of employment, and breakdown of the social fabric. NHI publishes Shelterforce magazine
//www.nhi.org

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The Federal Agency that oversees housing policy on the national level.
www.hud.gov

HUD User
The HUD Policy Development and Research Information Service providing research publications, databases, newsletters and journals on housing issues across the United States.
www.huduser.org

Affordable Housing Design Advisor
Good design can make a world of difference for the people who will live in the affordable housing you help build, and for the neighborhood surrounding it. The Affordable Housing Design Advisor is here to help you at every step.
www.designadvisor.org

National Housing Reports
State of the Nation's Housing 2010 - Joint Center for Housing Studies
www.jchs.harvard.edu/son/index.htm

2010 Paycheck to Paycheck - Interactive Database-National Housing Conference
www.nhc.org/chp/p2p_2009_q4/

A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families-National Housing Conference
www.nhc.org/index/chp-research-publications

Housing Affordability Trends for Working Families
www.nhc.org/publications/housing_affordability.html

HUD's Worst Case Housing Needs
portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-107

Other Links
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