Midwestern CDCs trying to build affordable homes that do not require development subsidies have identified three potentially promising strategies: building smaller homes,…
Innovations in single-family home construction are badly needed. Studies show that every county in the U.S. is facing an affordable housing shortage. Homeownership is…
This working paper compares rental housing in 12 countries in Europe and North America, using individual records from household surveys. Differences in housing…
The Joint Center’s biennial America’s Rental Housing reports examine the rental housing market in the US and have documented the increasing cost burdens faced by…
The recent Joint Center report, America’s Rental Housing: Evolving Markets and Needs, reiterates the extent of severe cost burdens faced by renters, especially those…
W11-2: Community based organizations have been providing mortgage loans in low-to-moderate income and minority communities on a small scale since the 1970s. These…
J. Michael Collins, David Crowe, Michael Carliner
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October 5, 2001
Much of homeownership research and policy focuses on financial or information barriers that might frustrate low-income renter households from buying a home. Given existing…
