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Housing: Myths and Facts Often misconceptions guide housing policy decisions. Below are some resources that can help you make informed decisions about affordable housing.
Studies on Workforce Housing
Creating new housing options for all who need them: a look at what's real, what's possible and what's not
Stan McMillen, Ph.D., Managing Economist, CT Department of Economic and Community Development
This presentation addresses myths about what affordable housing means to a community and puts forth key data on population trends in Connecticut (the “brain drain”) and the implications of this trend for the state’s future economic well-being. 2007/2008 Workforce Housing Study
United Way of Greenwich
Full Report
Executive Summary
Presentation
In response to the lack of affordable housing opportunities for young families, seniors, professionals, and service personnel in their town, the United Way of Greenwich commissioned this study, which found that a large percentage of professionals such as municipal employees and teachers in Greenwich cannot afford to live there. The study proposes solutions to reinvest in the economic vitality of the community through creating affordable housing options.
Housing Facts and Data
Housing and Homelessness: The Facts
Partnership for Strong Communities
This data report pertaining to housing in Connecticut is a reference for anyone looking for information on various housing statistics - from housing characteristics, to affordable housing, to burdened households - without having to search through multiple reports, websites, and databases. You can find all of the data you need in one pdf, including sources and links to the websites of the organizations providing the information. The pdf file is updated regularly as new data becomes available. New Perspectives on the Need for Affordable Housing in Connecticut
Don Klepper-Smith, Chief Economist and Director of Research, DataCore Partners
Full Study
Executive Summary
Updated Study - 2008
Information Packet Accompanying Updated Study - 2008
This Connecticut-based study commissioned by the Partnership for Strong Communities analyzes the housing cost/wage gap, the affordablility problem, the out-migration problem, the impact on state revenue, and the impact on businesses.
Studies on Affordable Housing and School Costs The Fiscal Impact of Mixed-Income Housing Developments on Massachusetts Municipalities
UMass Donahue Institute
Many municipalities worry about the costs related to additional school age children that they think affordable housing will bring to their community. This study demonstrates that school costs in Massachusetts rose independently of school enrollment and that increased costs were usually due to rises health care costs and pensions expenses. Residential Demographic Multipliers: Estimates of the Occupants of New Housing
Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research
This Rutgers study demonstrates that one or two bedroom apartments will bring a community small numbers of school age children.
Studies on Affordable Housing and Neighboring Property Values
Effects of Mixed-Income, Multi-Family Rental Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values
MIT's Center for Real Estate Housing Affordability Initiative
A study of seven developments of mixed-income rental housing (built under the Massachusetts inclusionary zoning law) to determine whether the values of neighboring properties were adversely impacted. The study found that the developments did not negatively impact the sale prices of houses in communities that were in the neighborhoods surrounding the mixed-income rental developments. Affordable Housing and Property Values
Enterprise Foundation
Reviews and summarizes 14 research publications dealing with the effects of affordable housing on the market value of neighboring properties. The reports found that subsidized, special-purpose or manufactured housing had either a positive effect or no negative effect on nearby property values. |
