What's New
Four Big Things the FHFA Needs to Get Right in Its GSE Capital Rule
October 2019
To finalize its proposed minimum required capital rule, there are...
As record number of boomers hit retirement age, inequality rampant in senior housing
Curbed
A rising awareness that the soon-to-be retired face especially difficult...
Housing and Innovation: Lessons from the Ivory Prize
November 2019
Despite robust demand across the country for affordable starter homes...
As record number of boomers hit retirement age, inequality rampant in senior housing
Curbed
A rising awareness that the soon-to-be retired face especially difficult...
Harvard study spotlights growing inequality among older Americans
The Boston Globe
A new Harvard study shows the inequality of wealth and...
For baby boomers, age-proofing a home doesn’t come cheap
The Washington Post
For most of US history, people have moved in with...
Housing and Innovation: Lessons from the Ivory Prize
November 2019
Despite robust demand across the country for affordable starter homes...
Co-Living in the Sharing Economy
October 2019
Within the context of the sharing economy, populations of today...
The Local Impacts of Global Outsourcing: Business Process Outsourcing, Urban Restructuring, and the Scrambling of Time in the Philippines
November 2019
Today, cities are no longer constrained by local time zones....
Four Big Things the FHFA Needs to Get Right in Its GSE Capital Rule
October 2019
To finalize its proposed minimum required capital rule, there are...
The American Dream or Just an Illusion? Understanding Land Contract Trends in the Midwest Pre- and Post-Crisis
August 2019
This paper examines contract for deed activity across six Midwestern...
The Shifting Profile of First-Time Homebuyers: 1997-2017
August 2019
Who are recent first-time homebuyers? What kinds of homes do...
Research and Tools
Housing America's Older Adults 2019
October 16, 2019
Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older households climbs to unprecedented levels. Between 2012 and 2017, the number of households headed by someone 65 or older jumped from 27 million to 31 million and will continue to grow. At the same time, the number of older adults facing housing cost burdens reached an all-time high of 10 million, income disparities are widening, and white-minority gaps in homeownership have expanded......
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After a Decade of Debate about the Right GSE Reform Model, We’re Down to Two Choices
October 15, 2019
The housing finance policy community had thrown around all sorts of ideas about how to move forward after the two GSEs were placed in conservatorship in the 2008 Financial Crisis. In the early years of conservatorship, while many of these ideas were being developed and discussed, all of them looked to replace the two GSEs....
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Tenure and Location Choice among Hispanic Households
October 10, 2019
Persistently large gaps in homeownership between whites and Hispanics are a major contributor to wealth inequality. This article considers whether Hispanics and whites are becoming homeowners in different types of neighborhoods, introducing an understudied potential driver of homeownership and wealth inequality. ...
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Senior Research Associate
New Report Shows Widening Housing Inequality Among America’s Older Adults
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older households climbs to unprecedented levels, according...
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Senior Industry Fellow
Housing Finance Reform: Down to Two Models, Both Built on the GSEs
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were placed into conservatorship (a status where they operate...
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Publications Coordinator
Revitalization or Replacement? Two Cases of Redevelopment in Boston: Columbia Point and Commonwealth
Friday, October 11, 2019
The housing projects Columbia Point and Commonwealth illustrate two different strategies the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) used to cope with...
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PhD Candidate in City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
Homeownership Without the White Picket Fence? Hispanic Homeownership in the US
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Hispanics are much less likely to be homeowners than non-Hispanic whites, and in a new working paper (presented earlier this...
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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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