Number of Renters Burdened by Housing Costs Reached a Record High in 2021 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 In 2021, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of renters were cost-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. In addition, more homeowners were... By PEYTON WHITNEY
Housing Markets & Conditions To Senator Toomey: The Process of Exiting GSE Conservatorship Is Not So Simple Tuesday, January 18, 2022 On Thursday, January 13, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Sandra Thompson... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Government Mortgage Lending Limit Approaches $1 Million: Does This Call for Reassessment and Revision? Monday, January 10, 2022 On November 30, 2021, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing Older Renters of Color Have Experienced High Rates of Housing Insecurity During the Pandemic Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Recent data show that in the last year, older households of color struggled to pay rent or mortgages... By BAILEY HU
Miscellaneous What We Read, Watched, and Listened to in 2021 Wednesday, December 29, 2021 As we do each year, we asked our staff to recommend the books, shows, podcasts, and other content... By KERRY DONAHUE
Miscellaneous Our Top 10 Blogs of 2021 Wednesday, December 22, 2021 A look back at our most-read blogs shows that specific effects of the pandemic on housing markets... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Demographics & Projections Have More People Moved During the Pandemic? Monday, November 29, 2021 While the share of Americans moving each year has been falling for several decades, the start of the... By RIORDAN FROST
Aging Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending? Monday, November 15, 2021 Between 1989 and 2016 the share of homeowners 65 and older with outstanding mortgages doubled, and... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Neighborhood Change The Possible Impacts of Remote Work on Cities, Neighborhoods, and Households Monday, November 8, 2021 Working from home appears to be an outcome of the pandemic that is here to stay. Nearly two years of... By DANIEL MCCUE
Neighborhood Change Inclusionary and Incentive Zoning in the Six New England States Thursday, November 4, 2021 Almost 200 localities in all six New England states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire... By DIXI WU
