Gopal Ahluwalia, Kermit Baker, Kent Colton
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April 19, 2022
Although still fragmented, the homebuilding industry has undergone changes in recent years that have increased the share of production by larger builders. The top 100…
RR07-2: Where the poor live and why has an enormous impact on access to jobs, decent quality schools, and other local attributes that affect a family’s ability to rise…
W02-5: By many standards, the United States has the best housing finance system in the world. However, the system has seen many changes and modifications over the last…
It has long been argued that promoting homeownership among low-income households is worthwhile because owned housing may be an important source of savings for these families…
Using data from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), this paper estimates homeownership rates that would prevail in the United States if borrowing constraints were…
Kent Colton, Katherine Collignon
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January 5, 2001
W01-1: This paper examines the most pressing issues related to multifamily rental (apartment) housing. It begins with a brief review of the benefits apartments bring to…