Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness Monday, May 6, 2024 With a growing number of older adults experiencing homelessness across the US, we interviewed housing, aging, and homelessness service providers in Boston to examine factors unique to older adults. In... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Remodeling Home Remodeling Market Projected to Contract by 2024 Thursday, April 20, 2023 After more than a decade of continuous growth, annual spending on improvements and repairs to owner... By ABBE WILL
Aging Older Adults Living with a Partner Were Better Able to Cope with the Pandemic Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Older adults living with partners had more economic resources compared to other households before... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Affordability Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households Monday, April 17, 2023 More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Practicing Community: Bernheimer Architecture’s Affordable Housing Thursday, April 13, 2023 Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA , founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Affordability Lower-Income Renters Have Less Residual Income than Ever Before Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Renter household incomes fell in the first two years of the pandemic as rents increased, leaving... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Neighborhood Change The Potential of Place Governance in American Cities Thursday, April 6, 2023 Across the United States, many institutions, private businesses, government agencies, nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions Discrimination in Home Lending and Appraisals: Challenges for Black Homebuyers in Massachusetts Thursday, March 30, 2023 Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time... By SHARON CORNELISSEN
Remodeling Despite a Pandemic Remodeling Boom, Aging US Homes Require Additional Investment Thursday, March 23, 2023 The pandemic focused attention on our homes as never before, lifting the US remodeling market to an... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Homeownership How Much Could Downpayment Assistance Help Close Homeownership Rate Gaps for Black and Hispanic Households? Wednesday, March 22, 2023 The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean... By DANIEL MCCUE, CHRIS HERBERT