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

After more than a decade of continuous growth, annual spending on improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes is expected to decline by early next year, according to our…

Older adults living with partners had more economic resources compared to other households before the pandemic, and once the pandemic began, they experienced fewer…

More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have been very stressed by sharp increases in both rents and the price of…

Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s Dunlop Lecture with a blank slide. “That’s it, that’s what I have drawn of the…

Renter household incomes fell in the first two years of the pandemic as rents increased, leaving many renters with little money to spend on all their other needs. In fact,…

Across the United States, many institutions, private businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizens have come together to create and govern public and…

Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time residents and the impacts on smaller cities and towns on the edge of the larger…

Sparked by pandemic-induced changes in household routines and use of living space, home improvement and repair spending soared to new heights in 2022, reaching an estimated $…