Jointly affiliated with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Kennedy School, our Center advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy. Through our…
Even as the US economy continues to recover, the inequalities amplified by the pandemic remain front and center. According to our new State of the Nation's Housing 2021…
While housing challenges faced by renters, such as unaffordability, poor physical conditions, crowding, and evictions, often occur simultaneously, they typically are studied…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated preexisting housing challenges for many low- and moderate-income US renter households, leading to a crisis in which an estimated $25-34…
Millions of Americans have long struggled to pay for housing, with communities of color additionally burdened by housing discrimination and historical race-based policies,…
President Biden's campaign proposed a $15,000 downpayment tax credit to help potential homebuyers who can afford monthly mortgage payments but do not have savings for a…
Twice in the past decade, voters in Los Angeles County have approved ballot initiatives raising sales taxes to finance transport infrastructure investments throughout the…
While the US economy shrank by 3.5 percent in 2020, spending on home improvements and repairs grew last year, increasing by more than 3 percent, according to our new report,…
The new 100 Percent Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which encourages the production of permanently-affordable housing through density bonuses…
Why do national cycles in house prices affect some regions more than others? And how do shocks to local economies spread between regions? In this presentation, …
