Around 1970, an unprecedented movement emerged across major American cities calling for returning control of urban government to the neighborhood level. Although…
Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, Daniel McCue, Chadwick Reed
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January 23, 2024
Manufactured housing holds promise as an affordable form of housing that could expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households. This report reviews…
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, we have watched dramatic changes in housing markets, urban life, and residential patterns impact American cities…
This paper estimates the impact of household liquidity provision on macroeconomic stabilization using the 2020 CARES Act mortgage forbearance program. We leverage…
Residential segregation, propagated by redlining, blockbusting, racial covenants, and other forms of institutional discrimination, has left an indelible impact on settlement…
The United States foreign-born population has quadrupled since the 1960s. In 2021, one in seven US households were headed by a foreign-born resident. Around half of these…
Sharon Cornelissen, Christine Jang-Trettien
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April 25, 2023
In recent years, gentrification has captured the imagination of sociologists and the public alike, dominating conversations about the transformation of cities from New York…
Erica Moszkowski, Daniel Stackman
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April 12, 2023
Why do storefronts remain empty for more than a year in some of the world’s highest-rent retail districts? Landlords with vacancies derive option value from two sources of…
Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa, Chris Herbert
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March 22, 2023
The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean that households of color are disproportionately excluded from the many…
In the US, 22 percent of households in tribal areas either have severely inadequate housing or are overcrowded—or both. This reality is abysmal, especially in comparison with…