ULI considers finding solutions to working families' need for affordable housing to be a vital part of better growth patterns for the nation's urban areas. ULI's Community Outreach and Policy and Practice departments work collaboratively to organize forums and produce publications on ways to address the shrinking supply of housing that is affordable to moderate-income households. 

Challenges to Developing Workforce Housing
Examines the barriers and shortage of housing that is affordable to moderate-income households, especially in urban areas.

Encouraging Workforce Housing in the Chicago Region, Atlanta, and the District of Columbia 
ULI, with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), assisted three cities in 2000 through 2003—Chicago, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.—in developing and implementing strategies for producing new private-market housing that is affordable to workforce households. The purpose of this project was to provide each city with information and practical assistance that would help it take specific actions to overcome barriers to the production of more affordable housing. This report describes how the project has been implemented in each city, what each city has accomplished to date, and what has been learned that may be applicable to other cities seeking to increase their supply of workforce housing.

Workforce Housing: Barriers, Solutions, and Model Programs
Examines the barriers to the construction of housing that is affordable to moderate-income households and outlines potential solutions as well as model programs that have been enacted throughout the United States.



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ULI J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing