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Case Studies:

Richmond, California: Rehabilitation of Vacant Public Housing Site Preserves Senior Housing

In 2023, Hacienda Heights opened as affordable housing for seniors in downtown Richmond, California. A partnership between affordable housing developer Mercy Housing Development and Community Housing Development Corporation, the project preserves a six-story public housing building originally built in the 1960s. In addition to providing housing for the city’s senior population, Hacienda Heights integrates the site with its surroundings through a neighborhood-facing configuration, improves access to public transit, and offers external community programming. The rehabilitation not only upgrades the building's energy efficiency, but also provides innovative seismic protection.

Announcements:

HUD Awards $5 Million to HBCUs to Conduct Housing and Community Development Research

HUD has awarded $5 million to Winston-Salem State University and Tennessee State University to establish Research Centers of Excellence. HUD’s Research Centers of Excellence conduct research projects on topics of strategic interest to HUD and produce research that provides evidence-based solutions to housing, community development, economic development, or built environment challenges in underserved communities. Winston-Salem University will conduct and share research on housing and community development needs and solutions for under-resourced rural communities with historically marginalized populations. Tennessee State University will study displacement and relocation from gentrifying neighborhoods in the Greater Nashville Region and the efficacy of HUD’s Housing Choice Vouchers in meeting the housing needs of vulnerable populations in the region.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Analysis of Existing Linked Datasets to Understand the Relationship between Housing Program Participation and Risk for Chronic Diseases and Other Conditions (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the participating health Institutes and Offices’ commitment to evaluating how housing program participation affects the risk for chronic diseases and conditions relevant to their missions. A list of participating Institutes and Offices and their specific interests is available at the link below. Housing programs or policies of interest may be supported by federal, state, or local-level agencies or organizations. Applications to this NOSI must propose to evaluate existing datasets with housing program participation data that can be administratively linked to health outcomes data. Projects that propose to evaluate longitudinal health outcomes are particularly encouraged.

This notice applies to due dates on or after October 7, 2024, and subsequent receipt dates through September 8, 2027.

Advancing Health Equity through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

This funding opportunity aims to support research that advances health equity by developing, testing, and evaluating interventions that prevent and address housing instability. Applications to this Notice of Funding Opportunity should develop, test, and/or evaluate the impact of a housing intervention on both health and housing outcomes. The National Institute of Nursing Research is interested in applications that focus on social determinants of health interventions that modify housing opportunities and/or interventions that address housing instability as a social risk by addressing individual and/or interpersonal-level housing needs.

Although not required, letters of intent for this funding opportunity are due November 13, 2024. The submission period for applications starts November 13, 2024, and ends December 13, 2024. All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of the applicant organization.

Interdisciplinary Research Network on Housing and Health

Housing is among the concepts approved at recent National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) meetings. Although not all concepts are guaranteed to convert to a Notice of Funding Opportunity, NACA posts approved concepts to give interested researchers maximal lead time to plan projects. The housing concept conveys that housing is a critical determinant of health, operating through four main pathways: stability, safety and quality, affordability, and neighborhood. Despite the role of research and literature in advancing public health gains, progress is stymied because of the siloing of relevant research disciplines. This concept seeks to address the fragmented nature of the housing field by convening researchers in an Interdisciplinary Research Network on Housing and Health that advances understanding of how housing affects health. Activities for the network will include a series of cross-disciplinary pilot projects that are generated by new, interdisciplinary teams, such as workshops, webinars, in-person gatherings, systematic activities to identify and prioritize research gaps (e.g., literature reviews), trainings, and data sharing. Combined, these activities can form and support new, interdisciplinary collaborations that will, in turn, address neglected research areas at the intersection of housing and health.

2025 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition

On October 10, 2024, HUD is hosting an informational webinar for graduate students and faculty interested in the 2025 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The 2025 competition will focus on addressing disaster preparedness and mitigation to reduce long-term risks of loss of life, injury, and property damage from disasters such as flooding, wind, and extreme temperatures. Registration for student teams is now open. Teams must be finalized by January 8, 2025 at 12 PM EST. Student teams will be asked to address social, economic, and environmental issues in responding to a specific housing problem developed by an actual public housing agency (PHA), tribe or tribally designated housing entity (TDHE). HUD will offer a separate informational webinar for PHAs and TDHEs, which will also take place on October 10, 2024.

2024 Winner: ACHP/HUD Secretary's Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation

Public School 75 in Buffalo, New York, is the 2024 winner of the ACHP/HUD Secretary's Award For Excellence in Historic Preservation. The Western New York Veterans Housing Coalition, Inc. along with Norstar Development USA, Stieglitz Snyder Architecture, M&T Bank and others collaborated to repurpose the former school building that was built in 1925 and had been vacant for more than 20 years. The building offers 47 apartments, a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom units, including 33 with supportive services for veterans and military service-disabled individuals.

Call For Papers: Cityscape Symposium on Housing for Those Who Have Served in Our Military

In 2025, Cityscape intends to publish several articles in a symposium that explore research on housing for U.S. military Veterans and their families. We seek quality studies across a broad range of areas related but not limited to: housing instability, supported housing or other publicly subsidized housing, individual or policy-level housing interventions, and other housing-related topics that include Veterans. A central goal is to identify a collection of papers that examine housing for Veterans from multiple disciplines and topics. Papers may be from any discipline but broad enough for a multidisciplinary audience. We are especially interested in articles that are not dedicated to health outcomes. Articles must be original work not published elsewhere.

Papers deemed appropriate for the symposium will be peer reviewed and may need to be revised and resubmitted before a final decision on publication is made. To be considered for the Cityscape symposium on Housing for Those Who Have Served in Our Military, proposals are due by December 1, 2024. For those invited to submit, full manuscript submissions will be expected by May 1, 2025.

For consideration, submit abstracts to both of the following email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected].

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