Research - Affordable Cost of Living

Affordable Cost of Living

2013

• 2012 Community Impact Report Travis County
• Are We There Yet? Creating Complete Communities for 21st Century America Reconnecting America
• Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation Center for Housing Policy/ Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Low-Income Working Families: The Growing Economic Gap The Working Poor Families Project
• Reconnecting America: Are We There Yet? Reconnecting America
• Rental Housing Market Condition Measures: A Comparison of U.S. Metropolitan Areas From 2009 to 2011 U.S. Census Bureau
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing in the 21st Century Housing Assistance Council

2012

• A Half-Empty Plate: Fruit and Vegetable Affordability and Access Challenges in America Food Research and Action Center

2011

• America's Rental Housing: Meeting Challenges, Building on Opportunities Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
• A Half-Empty Plate: Fruit and Vegetable Affordability and Access Challenges in America Food Research and Action Center
• Poverty 101 Center for Public Policy Priorities

2010

• Building and Retaining an Affordable Austin: A Collaborative Report Urban Land Institute - Austin, HousingWorks Austin, Real Estate Council of Austin, Austin Area Research Organization
• CAN Community Dashboard Report on Housing Indicators Community Action Network
• Foreclosures by Race and Ethnicity: The Demographics of a Crisis Center for Responsible Lending
• Out of Reach 2010: Side-by-Side Comparison of Wages and Rents in Every County, MSA, State, and the USA National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Residential Electricity Burden: An Investigation of American Community Survey Data (2006-2008) Austin Energy
• The State of the Nation's Housing 2010 The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
• Worst Case Housing Needs 2007: A Report to Congress U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of Policy Development and Research

2009

• 2009 Poverty Factsheet  The Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
• Comprehensive Housing Market Study: City of Austin BBC Research & Consulting
• Decade of Neglect has Weakened Federal Low-Income Federal Housing Programs: New Resources Required to Meet Growing Needs Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Food Spending Declined and Food Insecurity Increased for Middle-Income and Low-Income Households From 2000 to 2007 United States Department of Agriculture
• Priced Out in 2008: The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. and Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities - Housing Task Force

2008

• The 2008 Retirement Confidence Survey: Americans Much More Worried about Retirement, Health Costs a Big Concern Employee Benefit Research Institute
• 2008 State of Texas: Low Income Housing Plan and Annual Report Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
• Accounting for the Cost of U.S. Health Care: A New Look at Why Americans Spend More McKinsey & Company
• Austin Housing Patterns: Presentation Video with Commentary University of Texas at Austin
• CAN Community Council Basic Needs Forum Presentation The Basic Needs Coalition of Central Texas
• The Child Tax Credit Gap: A Snapshot of Families Left Out First Focus
• Creating an Affordable Austin (Presentation) HousingWorks – Austin
• The Family Budget Estimator: An Alternative to the Federal Poverty Measure Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Food Stamp Rolls Rise as the Crisis Hits Home Sodexo Foundation
• Housing and Transportation Affordability Map for the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Metro Area Data on Total Poverty, Child Poverty, and Median Income Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends Center of Budget and Policy Priorities
• Who are the People Experiencing Housing Problems? (Presentation) Texas Low Income Housing Information
• Working Hard, Still Falling Short: New Findings on the Challenges Confronting America’s Working Families The Working Poor Families Project

2007

• Retooling Affordable Housing Strategies: Case Studies of Local Finance Options Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2006

• Indicator Data: Social Equity Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

Undated

• Daily Polls: Consumers Gallup
• Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics/Indicators  Texas Health and Human Services Commission
• Economic Indicators: Main Page  Executive Office of the President