Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing: Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative

Heather L. Schwartz ; Raphael W. Bostic ; Richard K. Green ; Vincent J. Reina ; Lois M. Davis ; Catherine H. Augustine

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Residential Housing;    United States;    Households;    Poverty;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR1444
ISBN  :  9780833094919
RP-ID  :  RR-1444-MCF

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity initiative, a 20-year, $187 million project intended to help preserve privately owned affordable rental housing. The authors of this report assess whether the initiative achieved its goals and identify lessons learned about effective preservation practices. In doing so, they also provide a summary of the evolution of practices in preserving affordable rental housing, discuss challenges and opportunities for preservation going forward, and identify lessons learned that may help other philanthropies in their own philanthropic initiatives, even if they do not pertain to housing.