High Housing Costs Are Consuming Household Incomes Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Our latest America’s Rental Housing report points to an escalating affordability crisis. In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapid increase in rents combined with widespread financial... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Affordability Single-Family Rentals Have Risen to Nearly a Third of Rental Housing Sunday, March 22, 2015 According to the Census Bureau, the national homeownership rate dropped again in the second quarter... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Remodeling What Areas of the Country Do the Most Remodeling, and Who Spends the Most? Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Every two years, the Joint Center releases a report about the national home improvement industry... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Affordability What Does the President’s Budget Mean for Affordable Housing? Monday, March 9, 2015 In his ambitious Fiscal Year 2016 budget submission to Congress last month, President Obama... By IRENE LEW
Demographics & Projections What is Driving the Decline in Homownership Among Young Adults, and What Can be Done About it? Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The homeownership rate for young adults ages 25 to 34, which rose from 45 percent in the mid-1990s... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Neighborhood Change Not All Hard-Hit Neighborhoods Recover Equally Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Foreclosures disproportionately hit minority neighborhoods across the U.S. during the housing crisis... By JACKELYN HWANG
Demographics & Projections Some Thoughts on a Surprising Household Growth Estimate Thursday, February 19, 2015 Many media outlets and blogs (including our own), have reported on the results of the Housing... By DANIEL MCCUE
Aging What Will Happen to Housing When the Baby Boomers are Gone? Tuesday, February 17, 2015 As baby boomers age and die, adult population growth will begin to fall off sharply in the coming... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections Homeownership Rates Continue to Decline, but Minority Owners Still Better Off than Before the Housing Boom Thursday, February 5, 2015 The Census Bureau recently released its 2014 Q4 Housing Vacancy Survey(HVS) data, giving us a... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Remodeling New Report: U.S. Home Improvement Industry Outpaces the Broader Housing Recovery Thursday, January 29, 2015 In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the U.S. home improvement industry has fared much better... By KERRY DONAHUE