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Mortgage Journeys: A Video Ethnography of the Homebuying and Mortgage Process
November 2019
Prior research suggests that comparison shopping for mortgages when purchasing...
Weakness in home sales hits remodel market
CNBC
Lowered sales in 2019 will impact remodeling into 2020, according...
Addressing Homelessness: What Can (and Can’t) Architecture Do?
March 2020
Over the past two decades, Michael Maltzan, FAIA and his...
Weakness in home sales hits remodel market
CNBC
Lowered sales in 2019 will impact remodeling into 2020, according...
Aiming at Wealthy Renters, Developers Build More Luxury Apartments Than They Have in Decades
The Wall Street Journal
Builders are on track to finish more new apartments in...
Troubling trends in housing for the new decade
The Hill
During times of deepening economic inequality, housing affordability remains a...
Addressing Homelessness: What Can (and Can’t) Architecture Do?
March 2020
Over the past two decades, Michael Maltzan, FAIA and his...
America's Rental Housing 2020
January 2020
With the number of cost-burdened renters again on the rise, local...
In Pursuit of Equitable Development: Lessons from Washington, Detroit, and Boston
April 2020
Equitable development, a new concept in planning and community development,...
Mortgage Journeys: A Video Ethnography of the Homebuying and Mortgage Process
November 2019
Prior research suggests that comparison shopping for mortgages when purchasing...
Exit from Homeownership by Low-Income Households
November 2019
One of the justifications for federal involvement in the homeownership...
Tenure and Location Choice among Hispanic Households
October 2019
Persistently large gaps in homeownership between whites and Hispanics are...
Research and Tools
Accessibility Features for Older Households in Subsidized Housing
January 14, 2020
In the last ten years alone, the share of older adults in HUD-subsidized housing has risen five percentage points, and older adult households now make up over a third of all subsidized renters. In this paper, we examine whether the subsidized housing stock is suitable for aging in place. We ask: What physical challenges do older subsidized renters face? What difficulties do they experience with their housing environment? And, are subsidized units more equipped with accessibility features than units without rent assistance? ...
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Treasury’s Long GSE Capital To-Do List: Clearing the Decks for Investors
December 19, 2019
As 2019 ends, the two Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae finally have some momentum in ending their conservatorships, the legal status under which they have operated essentially as wards of the US Government for over eleven years now. For the exit from conservatorship to take place administratively, the big agenda item still to be addressed is capital – in the broadest context, covering a lengthy list of topics....
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A Case Study of GSE Politicization: The Flawed Narrative of Loose Credit
December 12, 2019
A significant feature of America’s residential mortgage system is its heavy politicization. This case study is about one long-running, specific aspect of that politicization: the advocacy-based narratives about the credit quality of the mortgages financed by the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae....
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Research Associate and Associate Project Director, Remodeling Futures
Slight Gains in 2020 Outlook for Residential Remodeling
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
National spending for improvements and repairs on owner-occupied homes is expected to rise only modestly this year, according to our...
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Research Associate
Very Few Lower-Income Older Adults Live in Accessible Units
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
With the aging of the US population, the number of older adult households who are income-eligible for HUD rental assistance...
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Deputy Director
Racialized Recovery: Postforeclosure Pathways in Boston’s Neighborhoods
Monday, January 06, 2020
While many studies have shown that most foreclosures during the Great Recession occurred in minority or disadvantaged neighborhoods, few have...
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Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia University
Is Lead Exposure a Form of Housing Inequality?
Thursday, January 02, 2020
The primary sources of contemporary lead exposure are chipping paint, water pipes, and lead remaining in soil from gasoline exhaust...
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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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