There were temporary shifts in residential mobility during the pandemic, including an increase in moves in early 2020, heightened homeowner moves through 2021, and an…
There were important changes in residential household mobility during the pandemic, some of which proved temporary while others persisted into the post-pandemic period. In a…
The recent surge in immigration has sparked a policy conversation about the role of immigrants in the housing market, particularly when it comes to housing costs. This has…
After a slowdown during the pandemic-related closures of 2020, immigration levels surged in 2022 and 2023. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 2.7 million people…
The fuels we use in our homes have wide-reaching effects: nearly one-fifth of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions come from the residential sector. The debate over…
Last year, James Shen, Chris Herbert and I co-authored a paper that showed that manufactured housing offers significantly reduced construction costs compared to conventional…
Manufactured housing holds promise as an affordable form of housing that could expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households at a time when house…
Riordan Frost, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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March 14, 2024
Many cities experienced an urban renaissance as millennials came of age in the 2000s and early 2010s and reshaped neighborhoods in what came to be known as the ‘back to the…
Homelessness spiked 12 percent (71,000 people) in 2023, with more than 650,000 people unhoused, the highest number recorded since data collection began in 2007. The US…
Hyojung Lee, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Riordan Frost
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January 27, 2024
In the past decade, there has been a great deal of attention paid to and speculation about the residential mobility and location decisions of millennials. Academics and…