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Affordable Housing Research And Reports
Explore reports written and published by affordable housing and homelessness experts nationwide.
Report Title: Homelessness in Salt Lake County and the Proposed Utah Campus...
Report Author: Social Impact Insights
Report Year: 2026
An analysis of the proposed homelessness campus examines its design, scale, location, and projected costs in context of existing research.
Report Title: Housing Now 2025 Definitions
Report Author: The National Coalition for the Homeless
Report Year: 2025
This document is a concise glossary for Housing Now 2025 that standardizes key housing and homelessness terms to align programs, eligibility, and service delivery.
Report Title: Unlocking Housing Relationships...
Report Author: Tara Rollins, Utah Housing Coalition
Report Year: 2025
This report highlights housing system gaps and proposes the Landlord and Community Partners Coalition (LCPC) to build trust, collaboration, and equitable housing solutions.
Report Title: Wasatch Back Affordable Housing Economic Impact Analysis
Report Author: Mountain Lands Community Housing
Report Year: August 9, 2024
This report shows how affordable workforce housing sustains economic vitality and community vibrancy in the Wasatch Back.
Report Title: Land Use Strategies to Bring Housing Back within Reach
Report Author: Ari Bruening, Envision Utah
Report Year: 2023
Utah’s housing shortage drives higher costs, overcrowding, and limits opportunity for current and future generations.
Report Title: Report on Debt Collection and Utah’s Courts
Report Author: Utah Bar Foundation
Report Year: 2022
Utah analyzes court debt data with Pew, revealing massive unpaid judgments, including evictions, and informing reforms to improve fairness and outcomes statewide.
Report Title: Preserving Affordable Senior Housing Matters
Report Author: Utah Housing Coalition and AARP
Report Year: 2021
Utah risks losing subsidized senior housing, increasing instability, and this report outlines urgent preservation solutions.
Report Title: Exploring a universal HOUSING voucher
Report Author: The Housing Initiative At Penn
Report Year: 2021
The Housing Choice Voucher is a portable subsidy that helps households rent privately by covering the gap between 30% of income and approved rent costs.
Report Title: Utah Evictions & Connections to Racial Ethnic Disparities in Utah
Report Author: Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs
Report Year: 2021
Utah’s lack of demographic eviction data by analyzing how gender, race, and ethnicity relate to eviction rates.
Report Title: Picture of Preservation
Report Author: PAHRC and NLIHC
Report Year: 2020, 2021, 2024
This report explores the federally assisted housing stock, preservation risks these properties face, and federal policies that can support preservation.
Report Title: State of Rental Housing in Salt Lake County during COVID-19
Report Author: Utah Housing Coalition and Salt Lake County
Report Year: 2021
This report examines COVID-19’s impact on housing, eviction costs, and how public funds supported families during the pandemic.
Report Title: The Impact of High-Density Apartments...
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Report Year: 2021
This study finds new apartments (2010–2018) did not lower nearby single-family home values; in fact, homes close to them appreciated faster.
Report Title: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance
Report Author: NLIHC, NYU Furman Center, The Housing Initiative At Penn
Report Year: 2021
American renters owe tens of billions in back rent. COVID-19 relief provided $3.9B in emergency rental assistance—far short of actual need.
Report Title: State of Utah Report on Homelessness 2020
Report Author: Utah DWS
Report Year: 2020
Affordable housing is key to sustainable communities in Utah, but complex factors like policy, wages, and costs affect access; strong government support is crucial for equity.
Report Title: Housing Affordability: What Are Best Practices...
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Report Year: 2020
Utah’s housing shortage is driven by policy as much as market forces. This highlights five local best practices to improve affordability.
Report Title: Utah Homeless Services: Governance Structure and Funding Model
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy
Report Year: 2020
Gardner Institute assessment offers six key recommendations to improve Utah’s homeless services system.
Report Title: Housing is Healthcare
Report Author: NLIHC
Report Year: 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic shows housing is healthcare; CARES Act and FEMA funds enabled safe, non-congregate sheltering for people experiencing homelessness.
Report Title: Housing inequalities: Eviction patterns in Salt Lake County, Utah
Report Author: University of Utah
Report Year: 2020
This study analyzes eviction patterns in Salt Lake County, revealing racial and economic inequalities affecting housing security.
Report Title: Affordable Housing Strategies - State of the Practice in 10 Utah Cities
Report Author: Utah Housing Coalition and Partners
Report Year: 2020
Demand for affordable housing grows as regulatory barriers and gentrification limit supply and increase costs nationwide.
Report Title: Emergency Rental Assistance Needs for Workers Struggling due to COVID-19
Report Author: NLIHC
Report Year: 2020
COVID-19 worsens job losses, hitting low-income renters hardest, with millions already struggling to afford housing costs.
Report Title: Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund (OWHLF) 2019 Report
Report Author: OWHLF
Report Year: 2019
This report reviews the 2019 Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, detailing 933 loans and 1,417 assisted housing units, highlighting program impact and outcomes statewide.
Report Title: The State of Utah Strategic Plan on Homelessness
Report Author: Utah DWS
Report Year: 2019
Utah communities unite to end homelessness through coordinated strategies, investments, partnerships, and measurable statewide goals and benchmarks.
Report Title: State of Utah Annual Report on Homelessness 2019
Report Author: Utah DWS
Report Year: 2019
Utah leverages data to evaluate and guide strategies, to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurrent, with measurable reductions and statewide interventions.
Report Title: Housing Cost Burden and Rental Assistance for Senior Households
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy
Report Year: 2019
Rising housing costs increasingly burden Utah senior households, with projections showing growing severe cost burdens by 2025.
Report Title: Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?
Report Author: Health Affairs
Report Year: 2019
This study examines whether Medicaid expansions can reduce evictions, analyzing fourteen states’ records using a difference-in-differences approach.
Report Title: Comprehensive Report on Homelessness - State of Utah 2018
Report Author: Utah DWS
Report Year: 2018
Utah’s DWS Housing Division presents the 2018 Homelessness Report, detailing geographic data, best practices, and statewide homelessness initiatives.
Report Title: Housing Prices and the Threat to Affordability
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy
Report Year: 2018
Utah housing prices will outpace national growth due to strong demographic and economic trends, though rising interest rates may limit affordability and ownership.
Report Title: State of Utah Affordable Housing Assessment 2017
Report Author: Utah DWS
Report Year: 2017
Utah’s rapid economic and population growth has increased housing demand, highlighting the urgent need for affordable homes statewide.
Report Title: Salt Lake County Homeless Services: Challenges and Options 2016
Report Author: Kem C. Gardner Policy
Report Year: 2016
This brief explores feasible initiatives and resource realignments Salt Lake County could pursue to address homelessness.
Report Title: Manufactured Homeowners Rights and Responsibilities in Utah
Ley de Residencia Móvil
Report Author: Utah Housing Coalition
Report Year: 2015
A look at manufactured homeowners' legal rights and the creation of the Helpline in 2015.
Report Title: The Economic Impact of Affordable Housing Programs in Utah - 2012
Report Author: Utah Housing Coalition
Report Year: 2012
James Wood conducted this study for the Utah Housing Coalition to estimate 2012 affordable housing’s economic impact.