What's New
Defining Suburbs: How Definitions Shape the Suburban Landscape
February 2019
This paper examines three types of suburban definitions to understand...
Great Places to Retire Where Rent Is Under $1,000 a Month
Yahoo Finance
Rental demand in the US has been growing over the...
The State of the Nation's Housing 2019 Release
June 2019
Join us as we release the 2019 State of the...
Great Places to Retire Where Rent Is Under $1,000 a Month
Yahoo Finance
Rental demand in the US has been growing over the...
The retirement community of the future may be more like a WeWork
MarketWatch
Until recently, US senior-housing solutions have largely consisted of cookie-cutter...
The affordable housing crisis, explained
Curbed
Even as the economy continues to grow, Americans face widening...
The State of the Nation's Housing 2019 Release
June 2019
Join us as we release the 2019 State of the...
Defining Suburbs: How Definitions Shape the Suburban Landscape
February 2019
This paper examines three types of suburban definitions to understand...
Tenure Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households for 2018-2038
March 2019
Following the rise and fall in the U.S. homeownership rate...
Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard
September 2018
The 30-percent of income standard is a widely used and...
Research and Tools
How Do Mortgage Refinances Affect Debt, Default, and Spending? Evidence from HARP
May 15, 2019
This paper seeks to refine our understanding of how refinancing a mortgage affects household outcomes. This issue has attracted particular attention in the wake of the Great Recession, however, there is still not much clean evidence on the causal effects of refinancing on borrower outcomes, nor on the heterogeneity of these effects across different borrower types....
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The Economic Effects of Climate Change Adaptation Measures: Evidence from Miami-Dade County and New York City
May 01, 2019
This research examines the economic impact of climate change adaptation measures on the housing markets of two representative coastal cities in the United States located along the Atlantic Ocean....
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Totally Familiar Yet Completely New: Opportunities for and Challenges to Integrating Disaster Risk Management in Community Development
April 26, 2019
While community-based organizations (CBOs) have been engaged in preparing and responding to disasters for decades, there has been little research on how this disaster-related work affects their organizational capacities....
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2017 Meyer Fellow
How Do Mortgage Refinances Affect Debt, Default, and Spending?
Monday, May 20, 2019
In the wake of the Great Recession, US monetary policy focused in large measure on purchases of mortgage-backed securities, with...
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Deputy Director
What Happens When Community-Based Organizations Do Disaster-Related Work?
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
When environmental disasters such as Hurricane Harvey or California’s multi-year drought occur, community-based organizations (CBOs) focused on affordable housing and...
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Senior Research Fellow
Behind the Data: Dramatic Changes in Low-Growth Cities and States
Monday, May 13, 2019
Whenever the Census Bureau releases its annual population estimates, the press release and the coverage that follows invariably single out...
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Senior Research Fellow
New York’s $12 Billion Remodeling Market is the Largest Among Major Metro Areas
Friday, May 10, 2019
In 2017, New York’s $12.2 billion market for home improvements was about 45 percent greater than the next largest markets...
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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. Fall 2019 events will be added to the calendar this summer.
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