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W99-1: Residential building codes intended to promote health and safety may produce unintended countervailing risks by adding to the cost of construction. Higher…

W99-4: This paper explores the housing choices of America’s elderly households drawing on data from the recently available Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-…

W99-3: This paper explores the characteristics of America’s elderly population, using data from the recently available Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-Old (…

W99-2: In spite of warnings to exercise caution when using the Current Population Survey to track trends between 1993 and later years because of major changes since 1994…

W98-9: The high contribution of minorities to net owner household growth in recent years is due to fundamental differences in the age structures of white vs. minority…

W98-5: Although the federal government provides tax incentives for homeownership, current tax provisions provide few incentives for lower-income families to buy a home…

W98-4: Hundreds of thousands of adult Americans are able to work or attend education/training programs despite their physical or mental disabilities. For these people, a…

W98-7: Due to the financing mechanisms currently available, homeowners tend to have too much of their portfolios invested in their homes and institutional investors have…

W98-6: Although conservatively estimated at $90 billion a year, data on spending by U.S. homeowners on improvements and repairs to their homes are not reported on a…

W98-3: Since the open housing movement arose in the 1940s, its champions have convinced the Supreme Court to strike down racial covenants, forced federal housing…