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Our Approach and Results

Abt has extensive experience with program evaluation, data collection, technical assistance, and collaboration with those most affected by the housing crisis. Our expertise helps lay the foundation for innovative approaches to promote an adequate, diverse housing supply, fair housing, and housing equity to meet the needs of all Americans.

Accomplishment 1

First clear evidence about the best policies to help families experiencing homelessness through our evaluation of HUD’s Family Options Study

Accomplishment 2

Co-developed LocalHousingSolutions.org, which offers tools and training for cities, towns, and counties to improve their housing strategies

Accomplishment 3

Evaluating the impact of the Community Choice Demonstration program to enable families with housing vouchers to move towards better opportunities

Featured In Housing & Asset Building

Evaluating Guaranteed Income Programs

Guaranteed income (GI) refers to recurring cash payments made directly to individuals with no strings attached. The concept—along with universal basic income—has regained traction in recent years as a way to address systemic economic inequities. Mayors…

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Using Homeownership to Advance Racial & Health Equity

Americans from diverse backgrounds dream of owning a home. Homeownership can provide a sense of independence, financial and housing stability, and a pathway to building wealth for current and future generations. However, despite these widely shared…

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Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program

Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to help housing assistance recipients increase their earnings and build savings to make progress toward economic security. The standard FSS program…

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Moving to Work: Incentivizing Landlords in the Housing Choice Voucher Program

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program provides voucher subsidies that enables low-income households to select the type of housing and location that meets their needs. However, the HCV program…

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Evaluating JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competition

Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…

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Research to Address Homelessness in California

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

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Can Children’s Savings Account Programs Help Black and Latine Families Better Access College?

A new blog examines how children’s savings account programs can support access to college for Black and Latine students.

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Blog

Migrating from Adobe ColdFusion: How Abt Can Help

This paper outlines the reasons government agencies will need a digital plan to transition out of ColdFusion and different migration paths they can take.

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My Kids Deserve the World: How Children in the Southeast Benefit from Guaranteed Income

This brief provides early insights from parents into how guaranteed income pilot programs improving outcomes for their families.

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Addressing Soaring Homelessness in America Among Senior Citizens. What Can Reverse the Trend?

Experts from Abt and Miriam’s Kitchen highlight the soaring number of older adults experiencing homelessness and discuss how to tackle the crisis.

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Impact Brief

Why We Should Be Talking about Rapid Re-housing When We Talk About Guaranteed Income

Guaranteed Income and Rapid Re-Housing programs both support low-income families; we explain how each can borrow ideas from the other to improve outcomes.

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Blog

Abt Conversations: A Growing Number of Older Adults Are Unhoused. How Can We Help?

Abt’s Brooke Abrams talks to DC-area Miriam’s Kitchen’s April Veney and Adam Rocap about the increasing number of elderly people experiencing homelessness.

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Latest in Housing & Asset Building

Alexandria Recurring Income for Success and Equity (ARISE)

Rising income inequality has left many residents of Alexandria, VA, struggling to make ends meet, including many who are working. To determine how best to support them, the city of Alexandria launched a pilot to provide select residents who earn less…

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Shelter from the Storm: Addressing the Dual Crisis of Extreme Weather and Homelessness

Homeless response systems need support to strengthen their resilience to extreme weather shocks and the disproportionate harm that extreme weather has on people experiencing homelessness.

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Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2024 Fall Research Conference

Experts from Abt Global will be presenting at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2024 Fall Research Conference.

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Our Experts: Housing & Asset Building

Jeffrey Lubell
Jeffrey Lubell, J.D.

Principal Associate and Director of Housing and Community Initiatives, Social & Economic Policy

United States

Tara Reed
Tara Reed

Vice President, Equity Capability

United States

Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood

Principal Associate, Social & Economic Policy

United States

Katie Kitchin
Katie Kitchin

State and Local Director, Housing & Asset Building

United States

Eduardo Castellon
Eduardo Castellon

Vice President, Technical Assistance & Implementation and Housing and Asset Building

United States

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Our work for public, private and non-profit organizations reflect our shared values and steadfast commitment to quality standards, best price, and lasting impact.

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