Affordable Cost of Living

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

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
• 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