With interest rates ticking upward in 2018 and the prospect of further rate increases to come, the era of historically-low mortgage rates may be ending. While many homeowners…
This paper provides an overview of the ways in which "housing and education in America have long been inextricably and intricately linked." Most notably, because of the…
Jonathan Spader, Shannon Rieger, Jennifer Molinsky
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November 16, 2017
This framing paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard…
Jonathan Spader, Shannon Rieger
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September 19, 2017
Residential segregation by race and ethnicity is a longstanding challenge in the United States, with the racial and economic geography of communities throughout the nation…
Jonathan Spader, Daniel McCue, Chris Herbert
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December 12, 2016
Following the rise and fall in the homeownership rate over the past two decades, considerable uncertainty exists about the future trajectory of the homeownership rate. This…
J. Michael Collins, Eric Belsky, Micky Tripathi
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July 15, 1999
W99-7: This paper provides a step-by-step approach to understanding and estimating the economic benefits of helping lower-income households buy and own their first home…