The USC Price Center for Social Innovation develops ideas and illuminates strategies to improve the quality of life for people in low-income, urban communities.

Highlights

NDSC: New Data Initiative

The USC Price Center for Social Innovation and USC Safe Communities Institute joined forces to help redefine public safety and criminal justice by collecting and disseminating new neighborhood-level criminal justice data for select communities across Los Angeles County.

READ: New Op-ed on Fixing the Housing Market

Price Center Director Gary Painter publishes new op-ed on public and private sector innovations needed to fix the region’s housing market.

New Case Study on Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing

Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing refers to aging residential units that are currently affordable due to age or other factors. NOAH can be renovated and upgraded to generate affordable housing through a process that is both quicker and cheaper than constructing new housing units. The Price Center recently produced a case study that highlights a particular development, while also making the case for a broader portfolio of NOAH investments to meet affordable housing needs across Los Angeles County.

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The Neighborhood Data for Social Change (NDSC) platform is a free, publicly available online resource for civic actors to learn about their neighborhoods.

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The Homelessness Policy Research Institute (HPRI) convenes researchers and policymakers to help with research to end homelessness in Los Angeles County.

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