For over 30 years, our Center has published its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report, which provides a comprehensive review of trends and drivers of housing market…
Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, Daniel McCue
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September 25, 2018
The 30-percent of income standard is a widely used and accepted measure of the extent of housing affordability problems across the country. While simple and easy to implement…
Jonathan Spader, Daniel McCue, Chris Herbert
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December 12, 2016
Following the rise and fall in the homeownership rate over the past two decades, considerable uncertainty exists about the future trajectory of the homeownership rate. This…
Using new Census Bureau projections and a revised methodology for predicting headship rates, this working paper updates the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing…
Daniel McCue, George Masnick, Chris Herbert
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July 13, 2015
Once every ten years the decennial census provides a definitive count of people, households and housing units in the United States. During the intervening years, trends in…