Research Links
Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/
Gross Domestic Product Deflator Inflation Calculator: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateGDP.html
Bureau of Economic Analysis- Department of Commerce: http://www.bea.gov/
Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
Census Bureau Housing Topics: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing.html
Kids Count Census Data Online: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/
The DataWeb: http://www.thedataweb.org/
The DataWeb is a network of online data libraries. Topics include, census
data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data,
labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dyanmics, vital
statistics data . . . As a user you have an easy access to all these kinds of
data. As a participant in The DataWeb you can publish your data to The DataWeb
and, in turn, benefit as a provider to the consumer of data.
STATS Indiana: http://www.stats.indiana.edu/index.html
An information service of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s
Kelley School of Business, provides in-depth overview profiles information for
the state of Indiana, national profiles of US counties, and map and geography
tools for county, township and tract outline and thematic maps.
FEDSTATS: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.
Techpolitics: http://www.techpolitics.org/
This web site provides detailed information on the House Financial Services
Committee and is now publishing information on Congress more generally.
KIDS COUNT: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state
effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers
and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich
local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures
for all children
Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R): http://www.huduser.org/about/pdrabout.html
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.cbpp.org/
Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy – Brookings Institution:
http://www.brookings.org/es/urban/urban.htm
Fannie Mae Foundation: http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership and housing
opportunities through innovative partnerships and initiatives that build healthy,
vibrant communities across the United States. The Foundation is specially committed
to improving the quality of life for the people of its hometown, Washington,
D.C., and to enhancing the livability of the city's neighborhoods.
Joint Center for Housing Studies: http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/index.htm
The Joint Center for Housing Studies is Harvard University's center
for information and research on housing in the United States. The Joint Center
analyzes the dynamic relationships between housing markets and economic, demographic,
and social trends, providing leaders in government, business, and the non-profit
sector with the knowledge needed to develop effective policies and strategies.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://www.nlihc.org/
Dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. We
believe that this is achievable, that the affordable housing crisis is a problem
that Americans are capable of solving. While we are concerned about the housing
circumstances of all low income people, we focus our advocacy on those with
the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information
to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
UGA Housing & Demographics Research Center: http://www.fcs.uga.edu/hace/hdrc/welcome.html
The UGA Housing & Demographics Research Center's website. We hope that you
enjoy this site and find it useful. We have long hoped that we could provide
a one stop shop for housing and demographic information related to the state
of Georgia. The results of our dreams are what you are about to experience.
The National Housing Trust: http://www.nhtinc.org/index.asp
A national nonprofit organization formed to preserve and improve affordable
multifamily homes for low and moderate income use.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation: http://www.lisc.org/
National Council of State Housing Agencies: http://www.ncsha.org/main.cfm
The nation's state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) created NCSHA as a nonprofit
organization nearly 30 years ago to coordinate and leverage their federal advocacy
efforts for affordable housing. NCSHA's members are the HFAs of every state
and over 350 affiliate member companies that work in the affordable housing
field. NCSHA represents its members in Washington before Congress, the Administration,
and several federal agencies concerned with housing, such as HUD and the Treasury
Department, and with other advocates for affordable housing.
The Virginia Center for Housing Research: http://www.arch.vt.edu/CAUS/RESEARCH/vchr/nabout2.html
The Center plays a role in the State of Virginia’s housing policy
and research network by addressing research needs identified in the State's
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) which is the official housing
plan for Virginia. The Center provides data services related to housing to local
and state governments, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses.
University of Missouri - Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis:
http://oseda.missouri.edu
National Association of Home Builders: http://www.nahb.org
NAHB is the premier source for information on the home building industry,
including economic and housing data, construction codes and standards, land
development, and other housing information.
Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research: http://www.albany.edu/mumford/
Change Communications:
http://www.change.org
Data clearinghouse for information and data related to economic development,
housing, homelessness, policy/research, etc.
The Broken Spirits Network: http://www.brokenspirits.com
Online community and support group that focuses on aiding both current
and past victims of child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence. The Broken
Spirits Network provides a comprehensive state by state list of shelters, hotlines
and organizations that can provide help for potential victims.
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research: http://www.isr.umich.edu/
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) is one of the
largest and oldest academic survey and social research organizations in the
world. The ISR is dedicated to social science in the public interest. For more
than 50 years, the ISR has advanced public understanding of human behavior through
empirical research of extraordinary depth and breadth. Representing the disciplines
of psychology, political science, economics, anthropology and public health,
ISR research scientists have directed some of the longest-running and most widely
cited and utilized studies in the nation.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR):
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data
for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to
facilitate effective data use. To ensure that data resources are available to
future generations of scholars, ICPSR preserves data, migrating them to new
storage media as changes in technology warrant. In addition, ICPSR provides
user support to assist researchers in identifying relevant data for analysis
and in conducting their research projects.
Research Institute for Housing America: http://www.housingamerica.org/index.htm
The Research Institute for Housing America of the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America is a 501(c)(3) trust fund. Its chief purpose is to encourage
and aid - through grants and sponsored research to distinguished scholars, educational
institutions, research facilities, and government organizations - the pursuit
of knowledge of mortgage markets and real estate finance. Its mission emphasizes
rigorous analysis furthering understanding of how to expand rental opportunities
and home ownership among the underserved, and how to encourage equal access
to mortgage credit for all qualified borrowers.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. is known for its high-quality, objective
research to support decisions about our nation’s most pressing social
policy problems. The firm has conducted some of the most important studies of
health care, welfare, education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood
policies and programs in the United States. Its research, which crisscrosses
the human life span from children’s health and welfare to long-term care
for elderly people, provides a sound foundation for decisions that affect the
well-being of Americans.
| 
