Our 2023 Summer Fellows Will Tackle a Range of Housing-Related Projects and Problems Wednesday, May 31, 2023 With support from our Center, 13 students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will spend the summer researching and working on a host of issues... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Homeownership How Much Could Downpayment Assistance Help Close Homeownership Rate Gaps for Black and Hispanic Households? Wednesday, March 22, 2023 The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean... By DANIEL MCCUE, CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership In Nearly Every State, People of Color Are Less Likely to Own Homes Compared to White Households Wednesday, February 8, 2023 In every state across the US, Black, Hispanic, and Native American households have lower... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Homeownership How Can Design Improve Affordable Housing on Tribal Lands? Tuesday, January 10, 2023 In the US, 22 percent of households in tribal areas have severely inadequate housing, are... By SHARON WELCH
Homeownership Supporting Immigrants Can Expand Black Homeownership Opportunities Thursday, January 5, 2023 Efforts to close the historically large Black-white homeownership gap should take account of the... By SHARON CORNELISSEN, DANIEL MCCUE
Homeownership Designing New Programs to Narrow Racial Homeownership Gaps Wednesday, November 30, 2022 In the past two years a growing number of for-profit and non-profit lenders have created special... By SAMANTHA PAGE
Homeownership Homebuying Challenges in a Tight Housing Market: Perspectives from Brockton, Massachusetts Thursday, September 8, 2022 Home prices have risen dramatically over the past two years as growth in the number of households... By MADELINE RANALLI, SHARON CORNELISSEN
Homeownership This Year, Half as Many Black Households Can Afford a Home as Last Year Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Surging home prices and rising mortgage rates that have made it harder for all renters to become... By RAHEEM HANIFA
Homeownership Across the Nation, Rising Prices and Increased Interest Rates Limit Access to Homeownership Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The combined increases in home prices and mortgage interest rates over the past year have made... By DANIEL MCCUE
Homeownership What It Will Take to Sustainably Increase the Homeownership Rate? Wednesday, January 26, 2022 The homeownership rate – currently around 65 percent, a level first reached half a century ago – is... By DON LAYTON
