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The great majority of America’s high-performing community development organizations (CDOs) are actively tackling health challenges in their communities. In a new working…

During the past fifty years, community development organizations have worked in low-income communities that face the greatest barriers to good health. While recent changes in…

This working paper compares rental housing in 12 countries in Europe and North America, using individual records from household surveys. Differences in housing…

Every two years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues its Worst Case Housing Needs Report to Congress (WCN). This report highlights the challenges…

The Joint Center’s new report – America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse and Growing Demand – highlights the now familiar trend of increasing affordability…

This report shows that the number of households spending more than 50 percent of their income on rent is expected to rise at least 11 percent from 11.8 million to 13.1…

In conjunction with the release of our 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing Report, the Joint Center mappedthe prevalence of housing cost burdens – a key measure of housing…

The (somewhat) good news: according to the newly-released 2013 American Community Survey (ACS), housing cost burdens declined for the third straight year in 2013.  Last year…

As the housing recovery gains momentum, one encouraging sign has been the strong return of multifamily construction. According to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction…

BABC 04-21: Federal law has long been a primary source of important individual rights, from voting and other civil rights to workplace safety. State law, however, has…