The Evolving Landscape of Social Housing in New England: What We Learned Wednesday, June 4, 2025 In mid-April, the Joint Center for Housing Studies brought together affordable housing developers, advocates, and policymakers for an event to reflect on the evolving landscape of social housing in... By CHRIS HERBERT, SUSANNE SCHINDLER
Housing Markets & Conditions Comparing the Costs of Manufactured and Site-Built Housing Monday, July 10, 2023 Across the US, homeownership is becoming increasingly inaccessible for low- and moderate-income... By CHADWICK REED
Housing Markets & Conditions Home Prices and Rents Remain High, as Steep Interest Rates Lock Homeowners in Place and Slow Construction Wednesday, June 21, 2023 The sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact housing markets and... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions Can Digitalization Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Help People Age in Place? Monday, May 22, 2023 As tools like Alexa, Google Home, and Siri have shown, digitalization is changing how we live in our... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Discrimination in Home Lending and Appraisals: Challenges for Black Homebuyers in Massachusetts Thursday, March 30, 2023 Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time... By SHARON CORNELISSEN
Housing Markets & Conditions How Is Digitalization Transforming How People Find and Finance Housing? Wednesday, March 1, 2023 As the rise of companies like Zillow and Rocket Mortgage illustrate, big data and data analytics... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability The State of US Housing: A Roller Coaster Ride Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Last week I was invited to testify by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions How Is Digitalization Changing Investments in Housing? Friday, January 13, 2023 Big data and the growing use of data analytics are transforming how residential real estate is... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions How is Digitalization Changing the Design and Construction of Housing? Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Could digitalization significantly change how housing is designed and built? If so, could those... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Bringing Digitalization Home: Can Technology Help Address Housing-Related Challenges? Monday, October 24, 2022 Digitalization—the strategic use of technology to collect, create, process, organize, analyze, use... By DAVID LUBEROFF
