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Within the first few months of the pandemic, news reports began to describe the serious impacts of the coronavirus on older adults, especially those living in congregate…

Could fresh, “outside-of-the-box” thinking help address the seemingly intractable problem of rental affordability? Last spring, we decided to explore that question by…

These Issue Briefs, authored by Rachel Bratt, a Senior Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies and former visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of…

Although federal guidelines allow foreclosed homes to be sold with occupants, in a recently published article in Housing Policy Debate, I report that the guidelines are…

Despite the private for-profit sector's importance in affordable housing development, there has been relatively little research on the sector. This working paper explores one…

Despite the private for-profit sector’s importance in affordable housing development, there has been relatively little research on the sector. Many researchers working on…

Last December, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development released the latest figures on the percentage of affordable housing in each of the state’s…

From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. This post was written by Ben Hecht, President and Chief Executive Officer of Living Cities.  His…

RR07-12: The strengths and weaknesses of nonprofit organizations in developing and owning subsidized rental housing are examined. In the course of this study, a number…

RR07-17: U.S. rental housing policy is primarily aimed at relieving the housing cost burdens of a fraction of low-income Americans for as long as they remain income-…