Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of record-low interest rates, the continued aging of millennials into prime homebuying years, and a... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability Robert B. Whittlesey: A Remarkable Leader in the Field of Affordable Housing Thursday, April 27, 2023 No one did more to build the non-profit housing sector in the United States than Bob Whittlesey, who... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Neighborhood Change The Sociology of Housing: How Homes Shape Our Social Lives Tuesday, April 25, 2023 In today’s overheated housing market, gentrification remains a pressing concern. Yet, disinvestment... By SHARON CORNELISSEN, CHRISTINE JANG-TRETTIEN
Remodeling Home Remodeling Market Projected to Contract by 2024 Thursday, April 20, 2023 After more than a decade of continuous growth, annual spending on improvements and repairs to owner... By ABBE WILL
Aging Older Adults Living with a Partner Were Better Able to Cope with the Pandemic Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Older adults living with partners had more economic resources compared to other households before... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Affordability Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households Monday, April 17, 2023 More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Practicing Community: Bernheimer Architecture’s Affordable Housing Thursday, April 13, 2023 Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Affordability Lower-Income Renters Have Less Residual Income than Ever Before Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Renter household incomes fell in the first two years of the pandemic as rents increased, leaving... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Neighborhood Change The Potential of Place Governance in American Cities Thursday, April 6, 2023 Across the United States, many institutions, private businesses, government agencies, nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions Discrimination in Home Lending and Appraisals: Challenges for Black Homebuyers in Massachusetts Thursday, March 30, 2023 Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time... By SHARON CORNELISSEN