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With investors focused primarily on the upper segment and policymakers on the lower, the middle of the rental housing market has gone largely unexamined. Nonetheless, the 14…

W04-5: This paper was prepared to provide background information for a conference sponsored by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation entitled The Vitality of America…

Despite the 2001 recession and weak ensuing recovery, by most measures 2002 was the strongest year for housing on record. Residential investment, home sales, homeownership…

W02-10: This paper examines the rationale for mixed-income approaches to affordable housing development, as well as the record of such developments in meeting their…

With the economy emerging from its first recession in nearly a decade, the housing sector continues to display remarkable resilience. Even after the events of September 11th…

W01-9: As metropolitan areas sprawl to greater and greater distances from traditional city centers, smart growth has captured the attention of the press, electorate, and…

W01-10: The multifamily mortgage market has changed dramatically over the last two decades. The relative importance of the thrifts—once the major source of financing for…

Housing markets stood up well in 2000 despite growing uncertainty about the direction of the economy. After years of rapidly rising rents and home prices, however, housing…

W01-7: This paper studies the response of the housing market to immigration shocks. I find a positive association between immigrant flows and changes in rents in the…

W01-1: This paper examines the most pressing issues related to multifamily rental (apartment) housing. It begins with a brief review of the benefits apartments bring to…