HUD LAUNCHES “EVIDENCE MATTERS,” A NEW INDEPENDENT QUARTERLY PUBLICATION FOCUSED ON RESEARCH-BASED POLICY

WASHINGTON, DC – February 16, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to promote a new generation of data-driven and evidence-based policymaking, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled a new quarterly publication intended to inform housing and community development advocates, state and local policymakers, Congress and researchers on new approaches to issues related to housing and community development. Evidence Matters is an objective, unbiased publication intended to inform the broad housing and community development field on future policy directions based on research and data – in short, the evidence