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…
Aaron Gornstein, China Boak Terrell
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July 12, 2016
This paper explores the lessons that five permanent supportive housing providers have learned from serving various homeless populations in Massachusetts. Specifically, the…
Eric Belsky, Karl Case, Susan Smith
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February 1, 2008
UCC08-14: This paper concentrates on the management and mitigation of mortgage risks: the kind of credit risks that face the majority of indebted households. For several…
J. Michael Collins, Eric Belsky, Karl Case
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February 8, 2004
BABC 04-8: This paper explores the shift of residential mortgage lending from a system where credit was rationed to prime quality borrowers to a system where subprime…
At the turn of the millennium, fully two-thirds of American households were owner-occupants. In addition, through the middle of the year in 2000, real home prices were rising…