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Projecting Home Improvement Spending at the Metropolitan Area Level
September 2018
While the Joint Center produces regular projections of home remodeling...
The Shrinking Middle Class
Fortune Magazine
Chasing the American dream used to be exhilarating. Now it’s...
Symposium on Housing Tenure and Financial Security
March 2019
Homeownership has long been a central pillar of financial security...
The Shrinking Middle Class
Fortune Magazine
Chasing the American dream used to be exhilarating. Now it’s...
Many low-income workers struggle against rising rents in metro Atlanta
Atlanta Journal Constitution
When Alicia Moore moved into the Alpharetta apartment complex more...
What's a nursing home to do?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The over-65 population is expected to grow to 79 million...
Symposium on Housing Tenure and Financial Security
March 2019
Homeownership has long been a central pillar of financial security...
Projecting Home Improvement Spending at the Metropolitan Area Level
September 2018
While the Joint Center produces regular projections of home remodeling...
Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard
September 2018
The 30-percent of income standard is a widely used and...
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
Updated Household Growth Projections: 2018-2028 and 2028-2038
December 18, 2018
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) last released its projections for household growth in 2016, calling for a robust increase of 13.6 million households over the decade from 2015 to 2025 and 11.0 million over 2025-2035.1 Since then the Census Bureau has released updated population projections, a key input into the Center’s outlook for household growth. These latest projections predict slower rates of population growth, largely due to reduced levels of net foreign immigration and slightly higher mortality rates for some segments of the populations....
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How Many Homeowners Are at Risk of Missing the Window to Refinance? Evidence from the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances
November 15, 2018
With interest rates ticking upward in 2018 and the prospect of further rate increases to come, the era of historically-low mortgage rates may be ending....
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Housing Americas Older Adults 2018
November 14, 2018
More than half of the nation's households are now headed by someone at least 50 years of age. These 65 million older households are highly diverse and require different types of housing to meet their needs and preferences. Affordable, accessible housing located in age-friendly communities and linked to health supports is particularly in short supply....
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Associate Director of Communications
2018 Roundup: Our Most Popular Blogs of the Year
Friday, December 28, 2018
As we wrap up 2018, we looked back to see what were the most popular articles on our blog this...
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Deputy Director
What We’ve Been Reading, Watching, and Listening To
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
In anticipation of the holiday break, which for those of us in the Northeast is a time of short, cold...
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Senior Research Associate
Number of U.S. Households Projected to Increase by 12.2 Million in the Next Decade
Thursday, December 20, 2018
According to our new projections, the number of households in the US will grow by 12.2 million between 2018 and...
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Where Have All The Renters Gone?
Friday, December 14, 2018
After more than a decade of strong growth, the number of renter households in the United States fell in 2017,...
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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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