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
Housing Markets & Conditions Treasury’s GSE Reform Plan – A Case Study of Political Economy in Action Friday, September 27, 2019 The US Treasury released in early September its much-awaited Housing Reform Plan in response to the... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions How Deep Is the GSE ‘Economic Moat’? Wednesday, September 18, 2019 When policymakers focus on legislative reform of the GSEs, a core principle widely espoused is to... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions First Reactions: The Treasury Plan for GSE Reform by Administrative Means Monday, September 9, 2019 The US Treasury’s much-awaited Housing Reform Plan , identifying recommended legislative and... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The 2018 GSE Stress Test Results: A Major Policy Success and Its Implications for the Proposed Capital Rule Wednesday, September 4, 2019 New stress test results for the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Headlines from the 2019 State of the Nation’s Housing Report Wednesday, August 7, 2019 In the course of preparing our annual State of the Nation’s Housing report , we identify several... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions GSE Reform: None or Mostly Done? Monday, August 5, 2019 Ever since the dust settled from the 2008 financial crisis, there has been focus in Washington on... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Why Is the Administration Not Talking About Utility-Style Regulation of G-Fees? Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The latest administration pronouncements about the reform of the two giant government-sponsored... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Meeting America’s Affordable Housing Needs Requires GSE Reform, and More Monday, July 8, 2019 Much of the writing that I will undertake in my fellowship year at the Joint Center for Housing... By MICHAEL STEGMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions The US Housing Finance System: A Flawed Giant Tuesday, July 2, 2019 It is well understood that housing, broadly defined, generates a tremendous share of US GDP –... By DON LAYTON