Seungbeom Kang, Jae Sik Jeon, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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July 4, 2023
Despite numerous studies and measures that quantify the extent of the shortage in affordable housing for low-income renter households, few studies address potential…
Jennifer Molinsky, Nancy Berlinger, Bailey Hu
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October 6, 2022
During the pandemic, many older adults faced social isolation and disruptions in access to food, medical care, and supportive services. In response, organizations that…
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…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen
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February 12, 2022
The United States is in a housing affordability crisis, with nearly half of all renter households spending more than 30% of their incomes on rent and utilities each month.…
In this paper, Benjamin Ward makes a set of recommendations intended to help policymakers design a scalable nation-wide downpayment assistance program in the United States.…
Alexander von Hoffman, Matthew Arck
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June 13, 2019
This brief describes five novel and replicable programs that are providing housing for low- and moderate-income Americans. These programs were created by collaborations of…
Decreasing federal resources since the 1980s, policy devolution to the local level, and expansion of market-based approaches for affordable housing delivery have resulted in…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 26, 2014
With promising increases in home construction, sales, and prices, the housing market gained steam in early 2013. But when interest rates notched up at mid-year, momentum…
During the past decade, the housing finance system contributed to a boom-and-bust cycle that triggered the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s. A brief but…