This piece is the final installment in a four-part series on innovations in design and construction co-published with The Brookings Institution. It summarizes findings from a…
This piece is the third in a four-part series on innovations in design and construction co-published with The Brookings Institution. It summarizes findings from a report…
This piece is the second in a four-part series on innovations in design and construction co-published with The Brookings Institution. It summarizes findings from a report…
This piece is the first in a four-part series on innovations in design and construction co-published with The Brookings Institution. It summarizes findings from a report…
Kerry Spitzer, Lauren Lambie-Hanson
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November 6, 2019
The Veteran’s Administration (VA) home loan program, which makes homeownership more affordable for veterans, is used more extensively in places closer to major military…
Kerry Spitzer, Lauren Lambie-Hanson
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November 6, 2019
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan guaranty program lowers the cost of homeownership for veterans and their families by removing the barriers of a down…
Jonathan Spader, Jenny Schuetz, Alvaro Cortes
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August 28, 2015
The relationship between neighborhood physical environment and social disorder, particularly crime, is of critical interest to urban economists and sociologists, as well as…
Chris Herbert, Lauren Lambie-Hanson, Irene Lew, Rocio Sanchez-Moyano
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October 23, 2013
W13-6: As the housing bust accelerated in 2008, concerns mounted about the impact of rising foreclosure levels on low-income and minority communities where nonprime…
RR07-13: The effect of local land use regulations on housing markets has been the subject of extensive research and discussion among both urban economists and…
W06-3: Local governments frequently restrict multifamily housing by limiting the districts where it is allowed, creating procedural barriers to development, and…