Publications & Resources
The latest research, information about other mobility programs, publications, and other housing mobility resources.
MW Selected Publications
- Supporting Neighborhood Opportunity in Massachusetts: A study of housing mobility program outcomes August 31, 2023
- Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (PRRAC and Mobility Works, Dec 2022) December 8, 2022
- A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot (Enterprise Community Partners, PRRAC, Mobility Works, Nov 2022) December 8, 2022
- State, Local, and Federal Laws Barring Source-of-Income Discrimination (PRRAC) January 22, 2022
- 8th National Conference on Housing Mobility September 16, 2021
- Genuine Engagement with Housing Choice Voucher Families (Mobility Works & PRRAC, July 2021) July 7, 2021
- Mobility Works Memo to HUD Transition Team Re: Voucher Reform Comments December 7, 2020
- Webinar: Understanding the HUD Housing Mobility Demonstration NOFA (8/11/20) August 7, 2020
- HUD Makes Housing Mobility Demonstration Funds Available! July 15, 2020
- Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2020 (PRRAC – Mobility Works, July 2020) July 13, 2020
- Recruiting Opportunity Landlords: Lessons from Landlords in Maryland (PRRAC & Mobility Works, June 2020) June 15, 2020
- Video: Breaking Down the Housing Choice Voucher Leasing Process in Just 5 Minutes May 14, 2020
- 25 Years of Creating Better Futures with Housing and Community (BRHP) February 28, 2020
- Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. Fact Sheet (Mobility Works) October 29, 2019
- Where Families With Children Use Housing Vouchers: A Comparative Look at the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas January 10, 2019
- Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. in 2018 (MobilityWorks) October 7, 2018
- Developing Opportunity: Innovative Models for Strategic Housing Acquisition (PRRAC and NHT) October 1, 2018
- How Housing Mobility Efforts Are Advancing Health In Dallas August 20, 2018
- Small Area FMR fact sheet for advocates in mandatory SAFMR metro areas (NHLP/PRRAC) July 1, 2018
- OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents (PRRAC) February 11, 2018
- HUD letter suspending mandatory Small Area FMR implementation August 1, 2017
- ICP’s Apartment Survey Results Shows a Perpetuation of Residential Segregation as Entire Dallas Area Cities are Off-Limits to HCV Holders July 8, 2017
- Stuck in Place? Maybe not. A report on the Chicago Regional Housing Choice Initiative (Housing Choice Partners) January 1, 2017
- Mobility Works America (Poverty & Race, April-June 2016) June 1, 2016
- Policy Brief: the need for a national housing mobility infrastructure March 4, 2016
- Constraining Choice: The Role of Online Apartment Listing Services in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (PRRAC) July 8, 2015
- Constraining Choice: The Role of Online Apartment Listing Services in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (PRRAC) July 7, 2015
- Take a Chance on Me: A Review of the Milwaukee County HOME Security Deposit Assistance Program (PRRAC) January 1, 2015
- Creating Opportunity for Children: How Housing Location Can Make a Difference (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) October 15, 2014
- Lifting the Voices of Housing Voucher Holders June 14, 2014
- Mobility Works – from the Inclusive Communities Project, Dallas April 13, 2014
- Final Report on the Port Arthur Mobility Program (Housing Choice Partners) April 1, 2014
- A Chance to Succeed: Housing Mobility Programs Help Families Move to Healthy Communities (BRHP) February 8, 2014
- Finding Home: Voices of the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program (The Century Foundation) January 1, 2014
- Intergenerational Impacts of Concentrated Poverty – What Can Be Done? (Poverty & Race) August 1, 2013
- Expanding Choice in the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (PRRAC and Urban Institute) April 1, 2013
- MobilityWorks (ICP) April 1, 2013
- Expanding Choice: Practical Strategies for Building a Successful Housing Mobility Program (Urban Institute and PRRAC) January 1, 2013
- Policy Brief: Potential Sources of Funding for Housing Mobility Counseling Programs (PRRAC) August 1, 2012
- Prescription for a New Neighborhood: Housing mobility can complement community revitalization for children with serious health challenges (Shelterforce magazine) July 22, 2012
- Learning from Voucher Families: Close Ups of the Search and Relocation Process in Mobile & Baltimore (PowerPoint Presentation at HUD) July 1, 2012
- Annotated Bibliography of Housing Mobility Research 2010-2012 June 11, 2012
- Policy Brief: Prescription for a New Neighborhood? Housing Vouchers as a Public Health Intervention (PRRAC) July 1, 2010
- Getting Past “No”: Housing Choice Voucher Holders’ Experiences with Discrimination and Search Costs (PRRAC) May 1, 2010
- Integration Stories from Baltimore (PRRAC & Baltimore Regional Housing Campaign) January 1, 2010
- New Homes, New Neighborhoods, New Schools: A Progress Report on the Baltimore Mobility Initiative January 1, 2009
Source of Income Discrimination
- State, Local, and Federal Laws Barring Source-of-Income Discrimination (PRRAC) January 22, 2022
- American Bar Association Webinar on Source of Income Discrimination Law December 1, 2018
- ABA Resolution 119A (urging U.S. governments to enact legislation prohibiting discrimination in housing on the basis of lawful source of income) (adopted by ABA Housing of Delegates August 2017) August 14, 2015
Policy Research
- Housing Choice Voucher Family Brief (PRRAC, June 2022) June 2, 2022
- Implementing Creating Moves to Opportunity (MDRC, January 2021) January 26, 2021
- Taking Neighborhood Mobility to Scale through the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Urban Institute) October 1, 2020
- Housing Mobility Demonstration Language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 February 20, 2019
- Scale in Housing Policy: A Case Study of the Potential of Small Area Fair Market Rents (Cityscape) January 1, 2018
- Housing Counseling Works (HUD) September 1, 2017
- American Bar Association Resolution urging adoption of source of income discrimination protections August 14, 2017
- Walking Away From The Wire Housing Mobility and Neighborhood Opportunity in Baltimore (Housing Policy Debate) March 1, 2017
- Expanding Access to Housing Choice in Minneapolis (Quadel) February 1, 2017
- Housing Voucher Mobility in Lorain County, OH (The Housing Center) January 1, 2017
- Encouraging Residential Moves to Opportunity Neighborhoods: An Experiment Testing Incentives Offered to Housing Voucher Recipients (HUD) March 4, 2016
- Neighborhoods of Opportunity: Developing an Operational Definition for Planning and Policy Implementation (Journal of Public Management & Social Policy) March 1, 2016
- Housing Voucher Mobility in Cuyahoga County (Study of Housing Choice Voucher concentration in the Cleveland metropolitan area, Housing Research & Advocacy Center) February 1, 2016
- Materials from HUD-sponsored meeting on expanding housing mobility programs January 1, 2016
- Vouchers and Neighborhood Distress: The Unrealized Potential for Families With Housing Choice Vouchers To Reside in Neighborhoods With Low Levels of Distress (CityScape) January 1, 2016
- The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment (Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research) August 8, 2015
- Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Housing Policy Debate) July 10, 2015
- MTO final evaluation summary of evidence on mental health improvements for women and girls January 1, 2015
- A MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR HOUSING MOBILITY? July 15, 2014
- Finding Home: Voices of the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program (The Century Foundation) March 11, 2014
- The Urban Poor Shall Inherit Poverty (American Prospect) January 7, 2014
- Housing Voucher Mobility: An Overlooked Fair Housing Issue (John Marshall Law Review) April 10, 2013
- Housing Mobility: What Do Housing Voucher Recipients Want? (Connecticut Fair Housing Center) April 1, 2013
- Community violence, toxic stress and developing brains (Early Childhood Matters) November 1, 2012
- The Impact of Source of Income Laws on Voucher Utilization and Locational Outcomes (HUD PD&R) February 1, 2011
- Housing Choice Voucher Marketing Opportunity Index: Analysis of Data at the Tract and Block Group Level (HUD PD&R) February 1, 2011
- “The Prospects for Guiding Housing Choice Voucher Households to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods(Cityscape) January 8, 2011
Small Area Fair Market Rule
- Federal Court Order Reinstating Small Area FMRs December 23, 2018
- Small Area FMR fact sheet for advocates in mandatory SAFMR metro areas (NHLP/PRRAC) July 1, 2018
- OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents September 8, 2017
- HUD letter suspending mandatory Small Area FMR implementation August 1, 2017
- Inclusive Communities Project v. Abbott (2017) February 16, 2017
- Coalition comments on proposed Small Area Fair Market Rent rule August 16, 2016
- Coalition comments on proposed Small Area Fair Market Rent rule August 15, 2016
- Comments of the Inclusive Communities Project on the Small Area FMR proposal August 15, 2016
- ESOP comments on proposed Small Area Fair Market Rent rule August 15, 2016
- Policy Brief: the need for a national housing mobility infrastructure March 4, 2016
- Testimony of Professor Stefanie DeLuca in support of MD HOME Act February 1, 2016
- ABA Resolution 119A (urging U.S. governments to enact legislation prohibiting discrimination in housing on the basis of lawful source of income) (adopted by ABA Housing of Delegates August 2017) August 14, 2015
- Comments on Small Area FMR expansion proposal July 2, 2015
- Comments on proposed PHA streamlining regulations restricting Section 8 lease dates March 3, 2015
- Inclusive Communities Project v. HUD (Dallas Section 8 FMR litigation, part two) April 1, 2014
- Coalition letter on second term rulemaking priorities February 1, 2013
- Comments on proposed HUD rule streamlining Section 8 portability May 29, 2012
- Coalition letter on racial impacts of 2012 housing bill January 31, 2012
- Housing coalition letter on delayed HUD regulations September 30, 2011