Kristin Perkins, Shannon Rieger, Jonathan Spader, Chris Herbert
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October 21, 2019
Previous studies of the financial constraints for homeownership attainment have found that cash grants to cover down payment and closing costs can fairly substantially…
Persistently large gaps in homeownership between whites and Hispanics are a major contributor to wealth inequality. This article considers whether Hispanics and whites are…
Stephanie Moulton, Cäzilia Loibl, Donald Haurin, Chrisse Edmunds
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September 20, 2019
As of 2016, close to 10 million older adults faced the threat of hunger in the US, constituting an urgent food policy issue. For older adults, heterogeneity in household…
Ann Carpenter, Taz George, Lisa Nelson
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August 29, 2019
This paper examines contract for deed activity across six Midwestern states to improve our understanding of this market and the places in which this activity occurs. Using…
This paper seeks to refine our understanding of how refinancing a mortgage affects household outcomes. This issue has attracted particular attention in the wake of the Great…
Community land trusts (CLTs) are place-based nonprofits that hold land in perpetuity on behalf of a community. CLTs can help preserve affordability in hot markets and help…
Increasing and stabilizing homeownership is a tangible means of fostering inclusion in communities experiencing rising home values and gentrification pressures, such as…
This paper, by Christopher Herbert, Managing Director of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Community of…
This paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard Joint…
