Affordable Housing Resources

Reports
Housing All Americans: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit – Affordable Housing Finance
Out of Reach 2011 - National Low Income Housing Coalition
Multi-Family Housing Local Job Creation and Economic Impact (Multiplier) - National Association of Homebuilders
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2012 - Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Reimergence of Concentrated Poverty - Brookings Institution

Data
HUD Side by Side Comparison Budget Charts - National Low Income Housing Coalition
Living Wage Calculations - National Low Income Housing Coalition
Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America - National Housing Conference
Assisted housing, Rental Inventory, Vacancy Rate & Other Housing Databases - DePaul Institute for Housing Studies
Rental Property Housing Search - Illinois Housing Development Authority
State LIHTC allocations by year - Novogradac Affordable Housing Resource Center
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Data base - US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Affordable Housing Fact Book - Chicago Rehab Network
Metropulse – Data Indicators for Chicago Metro Region - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Housing + Transportation Index - Center for Neighborhood Technology

Affordable Housing Fact Sheets
Illinois LIHTC Fact Sheet - Affordable Rental Housing Action
Illinois Federal Housing Assistance Facts - Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
How Does LIHTC Work? - Housing Advisory Group
Illinois LIHTC Fact Sheet - Illinois Housing Council
Illinois Affordable Housing Fact Sheet - Illinois Housing Council

Federal Advocacy Tools
A Marketing Tool to Keep Congress Informed of Developments/Investments - Housing Advisory Group
Advocacy Toolkit - Affordable Rental Housing Action

State Advocacy Tools
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Matters
Business and Professional People in the Public Interest

Local Advocacy Tools
Housing 1-2-3 - Metropolitan Planning Council
Housing Endorsement Criteria & Housing Action Agenda - Metropolitan Mayors Caucus

Education
Community Development & Empowerment Series - Chicago Rehab Network

Green

Green Certification Resources Memo (12-8-2011)