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Defining Suburbs: How Definitions Shape the Suburban Landscape
February 2019
This paper examines three types of suburban definitions to understand...
California cities lead the U.S. in inflation. Housing costs are a big reason why
Los Angeles Times
Across California, more than 1.7 million households spent more than...
The State of the Nation's Housing 2019 Release
June 2019
Join us as we release the 2019 State of the...
California cities lead the U.S. in inflation. Housing costs are a big reason why
Los Angeles Times
Across California, more than 1.7 million households spent more than...
Older homeowners are spending big on home improvements
HousingWire
Home improvement spending continues to trend upward; the home improvement...
How Should We Define the Suburbs?
CityLab
Based on census boundaries, ways of life, and physical characteristics,...
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
PRO Neighborhoods: Innovative Strategies for Affordable Housing
June 13, 2019
This brief describes five novel and replicable programs that are providing housing for low- and moderate-income Americans....
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Financial Intermediaries as Suppliers of Housing Quality
May 21, 2019
While rents for many households have grown faster than either inflation or renters’ wages since the Great Recession, most discussions have overlooked the role that financing practices may have contributed to the rent increases and loss of low-cost rental units....
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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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Senior Research Fellow
Being Creative in the Pursuit of Affordable Housing
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Observing how creative practitioners have addressed the knotty problems involved in providing good homes to people who otherwise could not...
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Research Associate and Associate Project Director, Remodeling Futures
The Most Popular Remodeling Projects: Rich Data Tables Provide Insights and Answer Key Questions
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
What are the most common types of home improvement projects? How much do homeowners spend on a typical bathroom remodel...
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Senior Research Fellow
Behind the Data: The Demographics of Slow-Growing Areas
Friday, June 07, 2019
The modest population growth in many slow-growing US states not only masks significant racial and ethnic changes among residents, it...
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Senior Research Analyst
Remodeling Spending Growth to Slow in Most Major Metros in 2019
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Annual gains in homeowner spending on improvements are expected to moderate across more than half of the nation’s largest metropolitan...
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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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