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…
Annual gains in homeowner spending on improvements are expected to moderate across more than half of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in 2019, according to new…
Data are for 25 metros available in the 2017 AHS, including the 15 largest by population. Size of dot corresponds to aggregate home improvement spending within each metro...
Consumer concerns over potential health impacts of household products and the built environment are by no means new, yet in recent years interest in this topic has grown…
Alexander Hermann, David Luberoff, Daniel McCue
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January 30, 2019
The cities, towns, and neighborhoods that together make up greater Boston have changed significantly in the last few decades. Between 1990 and 2016, the region has become…
With interest rates ticking upward in 2018 and the prospect of further rate increases to come, the era of historically-low mortgage rates may be ending. While many homeowners…
Moderately (severely) cost-burdened households pay 30–50% (more than 50%) of income for housing. Households with zero or negative income are assumed to have severe burdens,…
While the story varied across metro areas, the situation for lowest-income renters worsened in almost all of them. The most common trend – a declining supply of low-cost…