Rebuilding the Construction Trades Workforce Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Since the mid-2000s, the construction industry in the United States has faced a significant shortage of skilled labor. During the Great Recession, the industry lost nearly 1 million workers and has... By SOPHIE HUANG
Rental Housing Number of Renters Burdened by Housing Costs Reached a Record High in 2021 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 In 2021, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of renters were cost-burdened... By PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Harnessing the IIJA’s Weatherization Assistance Program to Leave No Household in the Cold Tuesday, January 31, 2023 The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of November 2021 included a $3.5 billion one-time... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Rental Housing Renter Financial Distress Has Been Concentrated in High-Poverty Neighborhoods and Communities of Color Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Renter households have been disproportionately harmed by the financial fallout of the COVID-19... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Rental Housing Linking Historic Transportation Investments with Housing Friday, January 20, 2023 When President Biden first proposed his Build Back Better legislation, it included $300 billion in... By RIORDAN FROST, YONAH FREEMARK
Remodeling Slight Gains in 2023 Outlook for Residential Remodeling Thursday, January 19, 2023 After several years of double-digit gains, expenditures for improvements and repairs to the owner... By ABBE WILL
Demographics & Projections The Surge in Household Growth and What It Suggests About the Future of Housing Demand Tuesday, January 17, 2023 As rising interest rates cooled demand for housing in 2022, new data on household growth is helping... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions How Is Digitalization Changing Investments in Housing? Friday, January 13, 2023 Big data and the growing use of data analytics are transforming how residential real estate is... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Homeownership How Can Design Improve Affordable Housing on Tribal Lands? Tuesday, January 10, 2023 In the US, 22 percent of households in tribal areas have severely inadequate housing, are... By SHARON WELCH
Homeownership Supporting Immigrants Can Expand Black Homeownership Opportunities Thursday, January 5, 2023 Efforts to close the historically large Black-white homeownership gap should take account of the... By SHARON CORNELISSEN, DANIEL MCCUE