High Housing Costs Are Consuming Household Incomes Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Our latest America’s Rental Housing report points to an escalating affordability crisis. In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapid increase in rents combined with widespread financial... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Demographics & Projections Have Recent Demographic Trends Contributed to the Rise and Fall of the Homeownership Rate? Thursday, December 1, 2016 What has caused the ongoing, decade-long decline in homeownership in the United States? And which... By JONATHAN SPADER
Neighborhood Change CDFIs Collaborate to Send More Capital to Low-Income Communities Tuesday, November 22, 2016 This post is the second in a series about the results of the Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in... By MATTHEW ARCK
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Urban Agenda, HABITAT III, and the Celebration of a Multinational Agreement on Cities Thursday, November 17, 2016 A few weeks ago, I was one of the approximately 50,000 people who came to Quito, Ecuador for the... By JESSICA JEAN-FRANCOIS
Housing Markets & Conditions From the Archives: When New York’s Legendary “Power Broker” Spoke at the Joint Center Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Fifty years ago today, Robert Moses, the legendary “power broker” who reshaped New York City in the... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Improving Housing and Neighborhoods in Mexico: Lessons from a New Harvard GSD Report Tuesday, November 8, 2016 What kinds of planning and design interventions can help improve housing and urban development... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability When Boundaries Matter: Counties, Census Tracts, and Anti-Poverty Programs Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Recent discussions about potential federal anti-poverty programs underscore that seemingly mundane... By SONALI MATHUR
Neighborhood Change PRO Neighborhoods Promote Community Development Finance Thursday, October 27, 2016 In response to funding cuts and tight credit triggered by the Great Recession, the nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Homeownership Can Homebuyer Counseling Support Sustainable Homeownership? Tuesday, October 25, 2016 HUD recently released a progress report —including a few early findings—from what could be a ground... By JONATHAN SPADER
Remodeling Growth in Remodeling Spending Projected to Peak in 2017 Thursday, October 20, 2016 Strong gains in home renovation and repair spending are expected to continue into next year before... By ABBE WILL