A Year for the Record Books: The State of the Nation’s Housing in Perspective Wednesday, July 9, 2025 It has been a record year for housing. Our latest State of the Nation’s Housing report highlights an eye-popping list of milestones that were set in 2024. Most relate to housing affordability or, more... By DANIEL MCCUE
Rental Housing The Connections Between Rental Deserts, Segregation, and Restrictive Zoning Monday, June 17, 2024 Nearly a third of neighborhoods across the US have few options for renter households, limiting where... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, MAGDA MAAOUI, SOPHIA WEDEEN
Affordability 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... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Housing Markets & Conditions Rebuilding the Construction Trades Workforce Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Since the mid-2000s, the construction industry in the United States has faced a significant shortage... By SOPHIE HUANG
Housing Markets & Conditions Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Homeownership Decarbonizing Housing: The State of US Residential Electrification Tuesday, May 14, 2024 The fuels we use in our homes have wide-reaching effects: nearly one-fifth of the nation’s carbon... By RIORDAN FROST
Aging Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness Monday, May 6, 2024 With a growing number of older adults experiencing homelessness across the US, we interviewed... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Housing Markets & Conditions Can New Suburban Housing Make Urban Areas More Affordable? Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Over the past thirty years, real home prices and rents in dense urban centers in the US grew more... By VALENTINE GILBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions 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... By CHADWICK REED
Remodeling Continued Easing of Remodeling Declines Expected into 2025 Thursday, April 18, 2024 Annual expenditures for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes are projected to decrease... By ABBE WILL
