While gentrification raises fears of displacement, it also offers some hope because the growth in higher-income households in previously poor areas can help to shore up city…
W09-5: NOTE: Since the publication of this report, JCHS Household Growth Projections have been updated with new projections that supersede those found in the paper below…
RR07-3: At a congressional hearing in 1948, representative A.S. Mike Monroney argued that the construction of new, subsidized rental housing improves the surrounding…
Zhu Xiao Di, Ruby Henry, Eric Belsky, George Masnick
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July 1, 2005
W05-5: Minority growth in population and households, both in absolute numbers and relative share, has been one of the nation’s most important demographic changes over…
George Masnick, Zhu Xiao Di, Eric Belsky
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January 1, 2005
W05-1: Several roles that housing plays in the household economics of homeowners have begun to fundamentally change during the past decade. Cohorts approaching…
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Scott Susin, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Michael Schill
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October 13, 2001
In this paper, we look at the impact of two New York City homeownership programs on surrounding property values. Both of these programs—the Nehemiah Plan and the New Homes…
Zhu Xiao Di, Nancy McArdle, George Masnick
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February 15, 2001
This paper addresses several basic questions regarding second homes: what is or should be counted as a second home; how many second homes exist in the United States; where…
W01-4: Home ownership differentials are both a consequence and a cause of social inequality in the United States. Differences in income, wealth, education, family…
This paper attempts to further clarify the findings of Joseph Gyourko and Peter Linneman in “The Changing Influences of Education, Income, Family Structure, and Race on…
