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The following is a list of references to equip immigrant advocates, service providers and immigrants with important information about housing. If you have a relevant reference you want to share, please send us the information.

Title	Author/Date	Description
Through Boom and Bust: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership	Rakesh Kochhar, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, and Daniel Dockterman, Pew Hispanic Center 5/12/2009	The recent decline in the homeownership rate has been less pronounced among immigrant householders than among natives. The explanation appears to lie in the fact that, among other things, the typical immigrant in 2008 had spent more years in the U.S. and was more likely to be a U.S. citizen than was the typical immigrant in 1995--factors strongly associated with higher rates of homeownership.
The Potential for New Homeownership Among Undocumented Latino Immigrants (PDF)	Rob Paral National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals 10/04/2004	This report estimates the increased amount of homeownership that could occur among undocumented Latino immigrants were they to be able to participate in the homeownership market like other Latinos.
From Homeland to a Home: Immigrants and Homeownership in Urban America	Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Brian Ray Fannie Mae 04/14/2004	Examines the public policy and the patterns of homeownership among immigrants in the United States.
Moving to America - Moving to Homeownership: 1994-2002	U.S. Census Bureau 10/31/2003	Data on whether current immigrants who become permanent citizens have the same success in attaining this portion of the American dream, as those native-born citizens.
Housing Discrimination Study 2000 (HDS 2000)	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 03/31/2003	The Housing Discrimination Study 2000 represents the most ambitious effort to date to measure the extent of housing discrimination in the United States.
Increasing Hispanic Homeownership: Strategies for Programs and Public Policy	National Council of La Raza 06/30/2002	Describes the principal barriers to Latino homeownership, discusses findings from recent research and experience regarding closing the homeownership gap between Latinos and Whites. Concludes by laying out a strategy for increasing the Hispanic homeownership rate.
The State of the Nation's Housing Needs	Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies 12/31/2001	A comprehensive study which gives an overview of housing and the economy, demographic drivers, low income housing needs and rental housing.
Cohort Estimation of Homeownership Attainment among Native-Born and Immigrant Populations	Dowell Myers, Isaac Megbolugbe, and SeongWoo Lee Fannie Mae Foundation 12/31/1998	This article examines the attainment of homeownership by immigrants to the U. S. An important issue addressed is the separation of the effects of age and time since arrival in the United States.