Additional Resources

• “Analysis and Case Studies on Office-to-Housing Conversions” (2021), by the National Association of Realtors, examines the market conditions and factors that contributed to successful office-to-residential conversions in Maryland; Washington D.C.; New York; California; and Illinois. cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/documents/2021-analysis-and-case-studies-on-office-to-housing-conversions-report-11-11-2021.pdf.
  
• “Addressing Homelessness Through Hotel Conversions” (2021), by Carolina Reid, Shazia Manji, and Hayden Rosenberg, highlights strategies and lessons learned from 13 hotel conversion projects in the United States that were designed to mitigate homelessness. ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Hotel-Acquisitions-Final-December-2021.pdf.
  
• “Adaptive Reuse: Transforming Office Space to Residential Space” (2022), by Emily L. Maino and Chelsea M. Marx, presents successes, opportunities, and challenges associated with office-to-residential conversion projects in Denver, Colorado. www.ottenjohnson.com/Templates/media/images/alerts/Otten%20Johnson%20Alert%20-%20Adaptive%20Reuse-%20Transforming%20Office%20Space%20to%20Residential%20Space%201222.pdf.
  
• “Office-to-Residential Conversion in San Francisco’s Changing Real Estate Market” (2023), by Sujata Srivastava, Stanford Caldera III, Anne Christie, Natalie Sandoval, Benedict Tranel, Duanne Render, Kate Collignon, and Christiana Whitcomb, highlights the financial and physical feasibility of conversion projects in San Francisco. https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/SPUR_Office-to-Residential_Conversion_in_SF.pdf.
  
• “Adaptive reuse of office buildings: opportunities and risks of conversion into housing” (2014), by Hilde Remøy and Theo van der Voordt, reviews international literature and a case study of 15 buildings in the Netherlands to illuminate the main drivers in decisions to pursue office-to-residential conversions. pure.tudelft.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/36674429/2014_Remoy_VanderVoordt_BRI_adaptive_reuse_of_office_buildings.pdf.
  
• “Adaptive re-use of offices for residential use: The experiences of London and Toronto” (2001), by Tim Heath, compares the experiences of Toronto and London in encouraging office-to-residential conversions, highlighting the factors that were most likely to lead to successful reuse. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275101000099.
  
• “The Past and Future of Non-Residential-to-Residential Conversions in New York City” (2023), by Ernesto Aldana, Simon Büchler, and Lyndsey Rolheiser, assesses the characteristics and contributions of adaptive reuse cases in New York City from 2010 to 2020 and models the probability of future conversions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4508101.
  
• “Sustainability and the Expected Effects of Office-to-Residential Conversion in Historic Downtown Areas of South Korea” (2020), by Eunkwang Kim and Sanghong Lee, explores the feasibility of office-to-residential conversions in six major South Korean cities as a sustainable revitalization strategy. www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9576.
  

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• The National Alliance to End Homelessness hosts "Data Visualization: The Evidence on Housing First" (2021), which links to many of the strongest studies on Housing First, including domestic and international studies and literature reviews. endhomelessness.org/resource/data-visualization-the-evidence-on-housing-first/.
  
• The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness created the "Canadian Housing First Toolkit" to help communities in Canada adopt a Housing First approach. The toolkit builds on experience and research related to the At Home/Chez Soi project as well as Pathways to Housing. The toolkit includes practical advice as well as case studies. www.homelesshub.ca/solutions/housing-first/canadian-housing-first-toolkit.
  
• The National Low Income Housing Coalition has presented a series of webinars on Housing First that are recapped and archived on their website. Past webinars have featured policymakers and practitioners who are engaged in implementing Housing First approaches at different levels of government. nlihc.org/housing-first-webinar-recaps.
  
• "Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First: Results from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative" (2021), by Mary K. Cunningham, Devlin Hanson, Sarah Gillespie, Michael Pergamit, Alyse D. Oneto, Patrick Spauster, Tracey O'Brien, Liz Sweitzer, and Christine Velez, presents findings from a 5-year study of Denver's Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative and examines the effect of supportive housing on housing stability and shelter use, criminal justice system involvement, and substance use treatment. www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104501/breaking-the-homelessness-jail-cycle-with-housing-first_1.pdf.
  
• "The Value of Ending Veteran and Chronic Homelessness in Four Communities: A Framework for Measuring Community-Wide Costs and Benefits" (2021), by Samantha Batko, Claudia D. Solari, and Nicole DuBois, examines the broader community benefits of reaching functional zero for veteran and chronic homelessness through stakeholder interviews and a review of administrative data in Bergen County, New Jersey; Lake County, Illinois; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Rockford, Illinois. www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104640/the-value-of-ending-veteran-and-chronic-homelessness-in-four-communities.pdf.
  
• "Rapid Re-Housing of Families Experiencing Homelessness in Massachusetts: Maintaining Housing Stability" (2012), by Tim H. Davis and Terry S. Lane, examines the housing stability of 486 Massachusetts families previously living in shelters or motels who received rapid re-housing assistance. scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=csp_pubs.
  
• "How Houston's homeless strategy became a model for other US cities" (2022), by Danielle McLean, discusses the factors that led to Houston's success in using a Housing First approach to reduce homelessness. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/how-houstons-homeless-strategy-became-a-model-for-other-us-cities/637515/.
  

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• “Capitalizing on Collapse: An Analysis of Institutional Single-Family Rental Investors” (2020), by Gregg Colburn, Rebecca J. Walter, and Deirdre Pfeiffer, examines corporate filings of publicly traded companies to better understand the characteristics and strategies of these firms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1078087420922910..
  
• “Can We Prevent ‘Dark Money’ from Destroying Housing Opportunity?” (2022), by Denise Scott, identifies strategies that communities can use to preserve housing and neighborhood stability and protect themselves from predatory investment. www.lisc.org/our-stories/story/can-we-prevent-dark-money-from-destroying-housing-opportunity/.
  
• “Single-Family Market Rents and Institutional Investors” (2022), by Darryl E. Getter of the Congressional Research Service, outlines the market dynamics underlying institutional investor activity in single-family rental housing and addresses questions about the implications of their increased role. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12225.
  
• Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place (2018), by Esther Sullivan, addresses the impacts of investor purchases of mobile home parks for homeowners. www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520295667/manufactured-insecurity.
  
• “Lease Purchase Failed Before — Can It Work Now?” (2015), by Sarah Edelman, Michela Zonta, and Julia Gordon, reviews the lease-to-own model, lessons learned from government and nonprofit programs, and recommendations for landlords of single-family rentals. www.americanprogress.org/article/lease-purchase-failed-before-can-it-work-now/.
  
• “The Detroit Housing Market: Challenges and Innovations for a Path Forward” (2017), by Erika C. Poethig, Joseph Schilling, Laurie Goodman, Bing Bai, James Gastner, Rolf Pendall, and Sameera Fazili, offers several strategies for reducing barriers to affordable homeownership and rental housing in Detroit through home equity protection, rehabilitation, lease-to-purchase, and shared equity programs. www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/88656/detroit_path_forward_0.pdf.
  
• “Opportunity to Purchase Policy Options for the City of Minneapolis” (2021), by Scott Bruton and Gretchen Nicholls, presents three options for an opportunity to purchase program in Minneapolis, examines citywide capacity for implementation, and reviews similar policies in other cities and states. cnhed.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Opportunity-to-Purchase-Policy-Options-for-the-City-of-Minneapolis.pdf.
  
• “Gentrifying Atlanta: Investor Purchases of Rental Housing, Evictions, and the Displacement of Black Residents” (2021), by Elora Lee Raymond, Ben Miller, Michaela McKinney, and Jonathan Braun, finds a strong association between investor purchases of multifamily rental units and the displacement of African-American residents in Atlanta. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511482.2021.1887318.
  

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