The fuels we use in our homes have wide-reaching effects: nearly one-fifth of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions come from the residential sector. The debate over…
Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, Daniel McCue, Chadwick Reed
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January 23, 2024
Manufactured housing holds promise as an affordable form of housing that could expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households. This report reviews…
The sharp rise in home prices and interest rates over the last few years has pushed homeownership out of reach for millions of renters, as documented in our State of the…
Investor activity in rental markets, the cost benefits of manufactured housing, the dwindling supply of low-cost rentals, and more: our most popular blogs of 2023 examined a…
Is allowing borrowers to suspend mortgage payments an effective way to stabilize the economy during a recession? In a new working paper, Omeed Maghzian and I attempt to…
This paper estimates the impact of household liquidity provision on macroeconomic stabilization using the 2020 CARES Act mortgage forbearance program. We leverage…
Immigrants make up a growing share of the US population and by 2040 foreign-born households will constitute the primary source of new housing demand. However, little is known…
The United States foreign-born population has quadrupled since the 1960s. In 2021, one in seven US households were headed by a foreign-born resident. Around half of these…
Sharon Cornelissen, Alexander Hermann, Peyton Whitney
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June 26, 2023
Small multifamily homes are a popular means of facilitating immigrant homeownership. Since 2019, co-author Sharon has conducted ethnographic and qualitative research in…
The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean that households of color are disproportionately excluded from the many…