Continued Gains Projected for Remodeling Amid Economic Uncertainty Thursday, April 17, 2025 Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to grow modestly through 2026, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) . The... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Aging Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Score Lower on Livability Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) are neighborhoods where older adults make up a... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Miscellaneous Our Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year Tuesday, December 29, 2020 The pandemic, GSE reform, and persistent affordability concerns: in case you missed them, our top... By KERRY DONAHUE
Miscellaneous What We’ve Read, Watched, or Listened To in 2020 Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Once again this year, we asked our staff to recommend books, programs, and podcasts they found... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Aging Ten Insights About Older Households from the 2020 State of the Nation’s Housing Report Thursday, December 17, 2020 The changing nature of older adult households and the challenges they face are both highlighted in... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Affordability Homelessness Was on the Rise, Even before the Pandemic Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, homelessness was increasing across the country. As of... By RIORDAN FROST
Aging The Geography of Livability: Insights from AARP’s Livability Index Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Last month, we released a co-authored report with the AARP Public Policy Institute examining the... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Aging Service Coordinators Helped Older Adults Who Live in Publicly Funded Housing Respond to COVID-19 Thursday, December 3, 2020 While the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially difficult for older adults, a new Center report... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Affordability In Pursuit of New Approaches to Solve the Rental Affordability Crisis in US Cities Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Could fresh, “outside-of-the-box” thinking help address the seemingly intractable problem of rental... By CHRIS HERBERT, JAMES STOCKARD, BEN HECHT
Homeownership Affordability Challenges for Low-Income Homeowners Have Intensified During the Pandemic Tuesday, November 24, 2020 The newly released American Community Survey (ACS) shows a continued decrease in cost burdens in... By RAHEEM HANIFA