MF10-2: Almost one-third of the 30 million U.S. households who are unbanked or underbanked borrow to pay for small-dollar, short-term needs. They obtain loans through…
MF10-1: As the economic recession continues to threaten the economic security of low- and middle-income households, its effects have been heightened by the reality that…
MF10-6: Since mid-2007, the federal government has devoted enormous sums of money and effort to foreclosure prevention. Washington’s approach to rising foreclosures has…
MF10-3: The recent tumult experienced by residential mortgage markets in the United States has left many struggling to determine what caused the crisis; what can be done…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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July 14, 2010
Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment…
The methodology presented in working paper W07-7 is not a forecast. Instead, it is an estimate of underlying demand for new housing units over the next several years if long-…
W10-2: As housing markets across the country continue to struggle to bounce back from the recent housing crisis, ever-increasing instances of foreclosures remain a…
Daniel Gubits, Jill Khadduri, Jennifer Turnham
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September 1, 2009
W09-7: This publication, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, is a detailed empirical study of the effects of housing vouchers on welfare families. Using a rich set of…
W09-5: NOTE: Since the publication of this report, JCHS Household Growth Projections have been updated with new projections that supersede those found in the paper below…