Policy Category: Rental Housing
Pathways to Support Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Receiving Federal Housing Assistance
Note: HUD released a prepublication copy of the rule on February 19, 2026, and it is scheduled to be published…

The Potential End of Emergency Housing Voucher Funding: Public Housing Agencies’ Search for Solutions
Authors: Christi Economy, Research Associate Ryan Finnigan, Deputy Director of Research Claudia Aiken, Director of New Research Partnerships, NYU Furman…

Navigating the Post-Subsidy Cliff: Considerations for Families Approaching the End of Rapid Rehousing
Authors: Tessa Nápoles, Postdoctoral Researcher, Terner Center Christina Economy, Research Associate, Terner Center Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor, Terner…

Improving Utilization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Report Authors: Christi Economy, Ryan Finnigan, Susha Roy, Jason M. Ward Researchers from the Terner Center and the RAND Corporation…

Getting Vouchers to Households in Need: Learning from Hawaii’s Lease-in-Place Preference
Author: Christi Economy Introduction The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is one of the country’s most powerful tools for keeping…

Options for Addressing Rent Burdens Through the Tax Code: Considerations for Designing a Renter’s Tax Credit
The number of cost-burdened renters has hit an all-time high. The issue is particularly acute for low-income households: for…

Making It Pencil: Can We Get Housing for Middle-Income Households to Work?
Authors: David Garcia, Ben Metcalf For middle-income Californians, the state’s housing supply and affordability challenges have been more acute in…
What Small Multifamily Rental Property Owners Tell Us About Implementation of Tenant Protection Laws
Author: Shazia Manji, Research Associate Though roughly 35 percent of the US population lives in rental housing, no comprehensive or…

Ownership and Management of Small Multifamily Rental Properties
To better understand the small multifamily rental housing market, the Terner Center fielded a survey of the owners and managers…

New Pathways to Create More Deeply Affordable Housing: Early Lessons from HUD’s Faircloth-to-RAD Program
Authors: Ben Metcalf, Managing Director David Garcia, Policy Director Chris Hacnik, Terner Affiliate Public housing in the United States provides…
