Surging home prices and rising mortgage rates that have made it harder for all renters to become homeowners have had a particularly dramatic impact on Black renters. Indeed,…
Surging home prices have made it even more difficult for millions of renters to become homeowners across the US. In nearly half of the largest 100 US metro areas, the income…
Black homeowners not only have primary mortgages with higher interest rates than white homeowners with similar incomes, they also have higher interest rates than white…
Chris Herbert, James Stockard, Ben Hecht
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December 1, 2020
Could fresh, “outside-of-the-box” thinking help address the seemingly intractable problem of rental affordability?
Last spring, we decided to explore that question by…
The newly released American Community Survey (ACS) shows a continued decrease in cost burdens in 2019. While the share of all homeowners that were cost-burdened (spending…
From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. This post was written by Ben Hecht, President and Chief Executive Officer of Living Cities. His…