Renters’ Affordability Challenges Worsened Last Year Monday, December 16, 2024 The number of cost-burdened renter households hit yet another record high last year, according to the most recent data from the American Community Survey. In a new research brief, my co-authors and I... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Aging How Does Geographic Diversity in Age Structures Impact Housing Market Dynamics? Tuesday, October 21, 2014 As the youngest of the baby boom generation has now turned 50, there is much talk about the overall... By GEORGE MASNICK
Remodeling Home Improvement Spending Continues Toward More Moderate Growth Thursday, October 16, 2014 Reflecting the slow pace of recovery in the overall housing market, the home remodeling industry is... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions LBJ’s Biggest Housing Program that No One Remembers Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Now that we have reached the half-century mark since President Lyndon Johnson began passing... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Affordability The Changing Profile of Student Loan Debt: Who Has It, How Big is Their Burden, and How Much Education Did They Receive? Thursday, October 2, 2014 In recent years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Consumer Credit Panel (FRBNY CCP), which... By IRENE LEW
Housing Markets & Conditions Wild Frontiers of Healthy Housing Research: Microbes Among Us Sunday, September 21, 2014 Recently, the Joint Center has been researching what makes a healthy home. As Mariel Wolfson pointed... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Affordability New Data Shows a Growing Wealth Divide in the U.S. Thursday, September 11, 2014 Last week, the Federal Reserve released its 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, a triennial survey... By DANIEL MCCUE
Aging INTERACTIVE MAP: The U.S. Population Has Aged Significantly Over the Past Two Decades Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The older adult population has grown tremendously since the first of the baby boomers (born 1946-64)... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Aging Housing America’s Older Adults: New Report & Infographic Tuesday, September 2, 2014 This week, the Joint Center released its new report, Housing America’s Older Adults—Meeting the... By KERRY DONAHUE
Aging Older Homeowners Want to Age in Place but Aren’t Focused on Accessibility Thursday, August 21, 2014 With many baby boomers reaching retirement age this decade, a major shift in the age distribution of... By ABBE WILL
