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Despite record-high vacancy rates and falling rents in some areas, the Great Recession did little to halt the long-term erosion of rental housing affordability. Indeed,…

With employment growth strengthening, consumer spending up, and rental markets tightening, some of the ingredients for a housing recovery were taking shape in early 2011. Yet…

The troubled homeowner market, along with demographic shifts, has highlighted the vital role that the rental sector plays in providing affordable homes on flexible terms. But…

LIHTC: Looking beyond any lingering problems in investment demand for tax credits left over from the broader financial crisis, there are a number of longer-term…

After many years of rapid expansion, national expenditures for home improvements and maintenance and repairs topped $325 billion in 2007 according to the Joint Center for…

Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment…

W10-3: In spite of a diminishing supply of public resources, many nonprofit housing developers are expanding their roles and their portfolios to address an increasing…

W09-8: This paper examines the impact of publicly provided housing unit on student achievement in the context of low income households of Chile. It differs from previous…

W10-1: The negative impacts of concentrated foreclosures have been destabilizing communities across the country. Community development corporations (CDCs) and other…

W09-7: This publication, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, is a detailed empirical study of the effects of housing vouchers on welfare families. Using a rich set of…