HAC’s full length research reports provide detailed information and analysis on a wide array of social, economic, and housing issues that impact affordable housing needs and provision in rural America.
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties
Print copy: $6.00
Illustrates successful strategies used by rural communities in the Great Plains states that have experienced population loss.
2007, 54 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-151-7
Immigration and Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $5.00
Analyzes data on the growing foreign-born population in rural places, with case studies on the housing situations in three communities.
2007, 50 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-156-2
Provides an overview of the USDA Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing stock, as well as an exploration of current trends in the migrant population.
2006, 43 pages, ISBN 1-58064-147-4
USDA Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing: Existing Stock and Changing Needs (PDF)
Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America
Print copy: $4.00
Examines a variety of ways rural organizations are implementing “housing plus services” models, providing coordinated affordable housing and social services to special needs populations. Includes case studies and a funding and information resources guide.
2006, 46 pages, ISBN 1-58064-146-6
Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs
Print copy: $4.00
Uses surveys, a location analysis, and case studies to examine rural implementation of Individual Development Accounts, which are matched savings accounts that help low-income families accumulate money to achieve specific asset-building goals such as home purchases or repairs. Identifies characteristics of successful rural IDA programs and policy changes that could further increase their usefulness.
2006, 43 pages, ISBN 1-58064-143-1
Easing the Transition: Housing Assistance for TANF Recipients
Print copy: $5.00
Identifies specific obstacles rural welfare leavers face when they search for affordable housing and describes how states have addressed these obstacles.
2005, 32 pages, ISBN 1-58064-138-5
Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community
Print copy: $5.00
Describes how mutual self-help construction does more than simply build affordable homes: it builds neighborhoods, strengthens families, and creates wealth.
2005, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-139-3
They Paved Paradise . . . Gentrification in Rural Communities
Print copy: $5.00
Examines the dynamics of gentrification and its impact on housing affordability in rural communities, using case studies illustrating urban sprawl, in-migration of people attracted by natural amenities, and in-migration of retirees.
2005, 57 pages, ISBN 1-58064-136-9
Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $3.00
Illuminates some of the pros and cons of using manufactured homes to provide affordable, sustainable homeownership. Includes a data analysis and short pieces written by local rural housing providers, national organizations, and a representative of the manufactured housing industry.
2005, 52 pages, ISBN 1-58064-141-5