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Around 1970, an unprecedented movement emerged across American cities that favored redistributing control of urban government to neighborhoods. While “neighborhoodism,” as…

Around 1970, an unprecedented movement emerged across major American cities calling for returning control of urban government to the neighborhood level. Although…

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…

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, we have watched dramatic changes in housing markets, urban life, and residential patterns impact American cities…

The dramatic changes in residential patterns, housing markets, and urban life that have occurred since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic have had deep and lasting impacts on…

Residential segregation, propagated by redlining, blockbusting, racial covenants, and other forms of institutional discrimination, has left an indelible impact on settlement…

Community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve neighborhoods uniquely affected by the nation’s long history of institutional housing discrimination are at the forefront of…

During the pandemic, as lockdowns to reduce the spread of COVID-19 prompted widespread loss of work, millions of renters and homeowners fell behind on their housing payments…

Storefronts often remain empty for months or years at a time, even in some of the world’s highest-rent retail districts. Between 2015 and 2019, for example, empty storefronts…

In today’s overheated housing market, gentrification remains a pressing concern. Yet, disinvestment and decline remain surprisingly common in lower-income neighborhoods.…