Affordable Rental Housing in America

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the affordable rental housing crisis in Tulsa.  Today, I ran across an interesting report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, that looks at the problem at a national level.   In addition to the section on rental affordability the report includes sections on the [...]

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Affordable Housing Crisis in Tulsa?

What would you say if I were to ask, “Is there an affordable housing crisis in Tulsa?”  What if I added, “According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 42% of Tulsa residents who rent are unable to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at fair market rent at the 30% of income threshold.”  To make it even more difficult for [...]

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A Link Between Housing Stability and Health

Instinctively,we know that a family’s housing situation impacts the physical and emotional health of the family.  Usually, the link between housing and health is limited to comparing the homeless to those who have homes.  There are many  studies that show that homeless children are less likely to be immunized, more likely to be in poor health, more [...]

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Location, Location, Location!

Location, location, location is a familiar phrase when thinking of real estate, but it is also an important factor in determining the affordability of housing.  The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has added the cost of transportation to the cost of housing to find what they consider the “true” cost of housing.  In their Housing and Transportation [...]

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New Tulsa Housing Search Tool

  Finding affordable quality housing can be a long stressful process for even the most well-connected and well-financed person.  But, what happens if you have a limited amount of time and resouces to spend on the search?  What if in addition to navigating the search process, you also have to navigate the Section 8 process?  Just contemplating the process makes me [...]

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Webinar: Children and the Foreclosure Crisis

Chapin Hall and the Urban Institute’s next edition of “Thursday’s Child” will cover the impact of the foreclosure crisis on children and families. Register here. Children, Families, and Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home March 12, 2009 Listen to a live audio webcast 9 am ET / 8 am CT / 7 am MT / [...]

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Thoughts on Residential Mobility

The Annie E. Casey Foundation sponsored a webinar today called “Implications of Family Mobility for Place-based Work.” The event is part of a series titled Strengthening Families through Community Change, whose intent is to share lessons-learned from their Making Connections program. That program seeks to improve prospects for children by strengthening families and transforming communities [...]

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