Designing a Nationwide Downpayment Assistance Program: Lessons from Five International Case Studies Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Downpayment assistance has, of late, received an increasing amount of attention among US policymakers. President Biden proposed a nationwide downpayment tax credit during his 2020 presidential... By BENJAMIN WARD
Rental Housing The Rent Eats First: Most Renters Can’t Afford a Comfortable Standard of Living Wednesday, January 13, 2021 The rental housing affordability crisis that existed even before COVID-19 has left millions of... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Rental Housing Black and Hispanic Renters Face Greatest Threat of Eviction in Pandemic Monday, January 11, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession have worsened existing disparities in housing... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Housing Markets & Conditions The Extraordinary and Unexpected Pandemic Increase in House Prices: Causes and Implications Thursday, January 7, 2021 This past December 23rd, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that, despite the... By DON LAYTON
Aging Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Score Lower on Livability Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) are neighborhoods where older adults make up a... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Miscellaneous Our Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year Tuesday, December 29, 2020 The pandemic, GSE reform, and persistent affordability concerns: in case you missed them, our top... By KERRY DONAHUE
Miscellaneous What We’ve Read, Watched, or Listened To in 2020 Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Once again this year, we asked our staff to recommend books, programs, and podcasts they found... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Aging Ten Insights About Older Households from the 2020 State of the Nation’s Housing Report Thursday, December 17, 2020 The changing nature of older adult households and the challenges they face are both highlighted in... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Affordability Homelessness Was on the Rise, Even before the Pandemic Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, homelessness was increasing across the country. As of... By RIORDAN FROST
Aging The Geography of Livability: Insights from AARP’s Livability Index Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Last month, we released a co-authored report with the AARP Public Policy Institute examining the... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, JENNIFER MOLINSKY
