Affordable Housing and Transit

The objective of this study is to identify strategies and tools public transit agencies can use to increase the provision of affordable housing in their regions. The study should: (1) examine the varying definitions of affordable housing, (2) identify the strengths and weaknesses of various funding methods, (3) identify the strengths and weaknesses of various development methods, (4) identify critical development decisions that impact transit access, (5) examine impacts on public transit ridership and demand from affordable housing development, (6) examine best practices for successful affordable housing in transit-oriented developments (TODs) with recommendations, and (7) identify agencies and regions with successful synergy between affordable housing and transit.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5447
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-11, Task 47

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Start Date: 20221213
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Financing; Housing; Public transit; Transit oriented development
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01866945
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-11, Task 47
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 13 2022 9:26AM