What's New
Mapping Over Two Decades of Neighborhood Change in the Boston Metropolitan Area
January 2019
The cities, towns, and neighborhoods that together make up greater...
2020 Democrats Think The Rent Is Too Damn High
HuffPost
The rising cost of housing has become an issue on...
Cycle of Segregation: Why American Neighborhoods Are Still Divided Along Racial Lines
April 2019
A lunchtime event with Maria Krysan, a professor of sociology...
2020 Democrats Think The Rent Is Too Damn High
HuffPost
The rising cost of housing has become an issue on...
Report finds link between high housing costs and poor health
Marketplace (NPR)
According to a new report, more than 10 percent of...
Renting Vs. Buying. How Important Is Owning A Home?
On Point (NPR)
Is owning a home still the American Dream? A look...
Cycle of Segregation: Why American Neighborhoods Are Still Divided Along Racial Lines
April 2019
A lunchtime event with Maria Krysan, a professor of sociology...
The Economic Effects of Climate Change Adaptation Measures: Evidence from Miami-Dade County and New York City
April 2019
How are local housing markets affected by a variety of...
Informal Means: Alternative Design Practices in Latin(x) America
March 2019
A collaboration between LatinGSD, GSD Career Services and Loeb Fellowship,...
Mapping Over Two Decades of Neighborhood Change in the Boston Metropolitan Area
January 2019
The cities, towns, and neighborhoods that together make up greater...
Staying a Step Ahead: Institutional Flexibility in the Rehabilitation of Social Housing in Oaxaca, Mexico
August 2017
The Mexican National Workers’ Housing Fund Institute, or Infonavit, is...
Waiting for Homeownership: Assessing the Future of Homeownership, 2015-2035
December 2016
The decade-long decline in the homeownership rate in the United...
Research and Tools
Improving America's Housing 2019
March 12, 2019
The U.S. market for home improvement and repair is now well over $400 billion annually as the housing stock faces pressure to meet the nation's growing and changing housing needs. ...
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The Ingredients of Equitable Development Planning
March 11, 2019
Equitable development is a new form of community development and urban planning aimed at revitalizing disinvested communities and ensuring that all residents of urban places can shape urban development and benefit from economic growth in an equitable fashion....
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Effects of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on Small Business Lending
March 04, 2019
This study provides new evidence on the effectiveness of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on small business lending by focusing on a sample of neighborhoods with changed CRA eligibility status across the country because of an exogenous policy shock in 2013. ...
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Research Associate and Associate Project Director, Remodeling Futures
INTERACTIVE: How Do Homeowners Spend Their Remodeling Dollars?
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
With the aging of the housing stock and declining household mobility, homeowners now spend nearly half of their improvement dollars...
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As Homebuilding Lags in the US, Remodeling Industry Picks Up the Slack
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The home remodeling market in the US expanded by more than 50 percent since the end of the Great Recession,...
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Postdoctoral Fellow
How the Community Reinvestment Act Helps Facilitate Small Business Lending
Monday, March 04, 2019
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has helped spur small business lending in underserved communities and populations, according to a new...
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Senior Research Analyst
The Implications of Different Suburban Definitions
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Riverside is a low-density neighborhood in the city of Columbus, Ohio that has a distinctly suburban feel. About three-quarters of...
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Throughout the year, the Joint Center for Housing Studies reaches beyond the university to promote national discussion of important housing policy issues. In addition to on-campus seminars, lectures, and webcasts, we convene major conferences and symposia on topics of national importance in the housing field, bringing together housing practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from organizations and communities around the country.
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