The pandemic focused attention on our homes as never before, lifting the US remodeling market to an unprecedented height of $567 billion in 2022, according to our new report…
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has faced numerous hurdles since its creation in 1968, not the least of which was the increasingly poor mismatch between its…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of November 2021 included a $3.5 billion one-time infusion into the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). With…
The greatness of our nation’s physical infrastructure (buildings, transportation systems, communication networks, water systems, etc.) is matched by its massive economic…
Repairs after major disasters are an increasing portion of home improvement activity, but there are many households who either cannot afford these repairs, or who are not in…
The recent Supreme Court decision limits the immediate ability for the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. There are other tools available, but the…
Many lower-income homeowners rely on the assistance of municipal home repair programs for their emergency and chronic structural, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical home…
One sector that has experienced sustained growth in the housing industry has been home remodeling. Despite the home improvement industry’s traditional nimbleness in meeting…
As the new Director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, I step into the formidable shoes of Kermit Baker—a scholar who has contributed…
Of the more than 77 million homeowners in the US, an estimated 22 million completed at least one home improvement project in 2017, according to our latest Improving America’s…
