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

• Main Author: Schwartz, Heather L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Bostic, Raphael W. (auth), Green, Richard K. (auth), Reina, Vincent J. (auth), Davis, Lois M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2016
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Society & culture: general; Poverty & unemployment; Sociology; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity, a 20-year, $187 million philanthropic initiative 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 effe...