Harnessing the Potential of Manufactured Housing to Expand Entry-Level Homeownership Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Last year, James Shen, Chris Herbert and I co-authored a paper that showed that manufactured housing offers significantly reduced construction costs compared to conventional site-built homes. As home... By CHADWICK REED
Demographics & Projections Where Are All the Homes? Demographic Underpinnings of the Lack of For-Sale Inventory Friday, September 18, 2015 One of the challenges faced by housing markets has been a persistent lack of inventory of homes for... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability Housing Cost Burdens Reach Higher Up the Income Scale, But Remain Nearly Unavoidable at Lower Incomes Thursday, September 10, 2015 In conjunction with the release of our 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing Report , the Joint Center... By ELLEN MARYA
Housing Markets & Conditions How Much of the Damaged Housing Stock Was Rebuilt After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita? Thursday, September 3, 2015 Ten years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created unprecedented damage in communities along the... By JONATHAN SPADER
Housing Markets & Conditions A City Revival? It Depends on Your Definitions Thursday, August 20, 2015 Every spring, the Census Bureau publishes estimates of the population as of the prior July 1st at... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Demographics & Projections Reconciling Different Household Counts from Census Bureau Surveys Monday, July 13, 2015 One of the major challenges faced by housing analysts and demographers is the lack of consistency... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions WATCH THE VIDEO: The State of the Nation’s Housing Friday, June 26, 2015 In case you missed it, our State of the Nation’s Housing 2015 report was released by live webcast... By KERRY DONAHUE
Affordability Addressing the Silent Housing Crisis Friday, June 19, 2015 Yesterday the newly-launched J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families... By CHRIS HERBERT
Demographics & Projections The Rise of the Single-Person Household Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Perhaps nothing speaks greater volume about changes in modern American life than the rise of the... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability A Record of Steady Progress: Gov. Patrick and Predecessors Should Be Proud of Chapter 40B Contributions Thursday, May 14, 2015 Last December, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development released the latest... By RACHEL G. BRATT
