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…
Pay for Success (PFS) initiatives have received widespread attention in the United States in the past several years. The outcomes-based projects hold great promise,…
Between 2010 and 2013 the leaders of five nonprofit housing organizations located in western New York State met together to form an alliance of their organizations. All…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 15, 2017
A decade after the onset of the Great Recession, the national housing market is finally returning to normal. With incomes rising and household growth strengthening, the…
This paper empirically and theoretically analyzes the effect of debt reductions that reduce long-term but not short-term obligations. Isolating the effect of future…
What is the microelasticity of mortgage demand to interest rates? Despite the importance of this parameter for models of monetary policy efficacy, little is known about the…
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…
Innovations in single-family home construction are badly needed. Studies show that every county in the U.S. is facing an affordable housing shortage. Homeownership is…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 22, 2016
With household growth finally picking up, housing should help boost the economy. Although homeownership rates are still falling, the bottom may be in sight as the lingering…
Kristin Perkins, Michael Lear, Elyzabeth Gaumer
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May 27, 2016
Recent research suggests that foreclosures have negative effects on homeowners and neighborhoods. We examine the association between concentrated foreclosure activity and the…