Energy consumption in new construction is decreasing thanks to stricter building codes, but few codes limit emissions of existing buildings, particularly in existing homes.…
The greatness of our nation’s physical infrastructure (buildings, transportation systems, communication networks, water systems, etc.) is matched by its massive economic…
Managed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) fund helps cities, counties, and states…
While the US economy shrank by 3.5 percent in 2020, spending on home improvements and repairs grew more than 3 percent, to nearly $420 billion, as people modified living…
The U.S. market for home improvement and repair is now well over $400 billion annually as the housing stock faces pressure to meet the nation's growing and changing housing…
Consumer concerns over potential health impacts of household products and the built environment are by no means new, yet in recent years interest in this topic has grown…
While the Joint Center produces regular projections of home remodeling and repair activity at the national level, new analysis of the American Housing Surveys (AHS) suggests…
The robust gains in the national home remodeling market in recent years mask significant variation in spending trends at the local level. This research examining metro-level…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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February 27, 2017
Rising house prices and incomes, an aging housing stock, and a pickup in household growth are all contributing to today’s strong home improvement market. Demand is robust in…
Since 2007, the Joint Center for Housing Studies has projected short-term trends in home remodeling activity with its quarterly Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or…
