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
Affordability Nowhere to Live: Profits, Disinvestment, and the American Housing Crisis Thursday, July 14, 2022 For over 30 years, our Center has published its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report, which... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions The First GSE Equitable Housing Finance Plans: Four Major Issues to Watch Friday, June 24, 2022 On June 8, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), issued their... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Record-Breaking Home Prices and Rents Likely to Cool as Interest Rates Climb: New State of the Nation's Housing Report Wednesday, June 22, 2022 After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions The Policymaking Implications of Record-High Mortgage Origination Profits During the Pandemic Monday, May 2, 2022 On April 11, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest of the industry associations in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Concentration in Homebuilding Driven by a Few Large Builders Tuesday, April 19, 2022 The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home... By GOPAL AHLUWALIA, KERMIT BAKER, KENT COLTON
Housing Markets & Conditions A Modest Suggestion: The Four Government Mortgage Agencies Should Produce a Unified Report on Mission Activities Monday, March 28, 2022 The four government mortgage agencies —Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (known as the two government... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing Rents Have Soared Across the Country, But Home Prices Grew Even Faster Thursday, February 17, 2022 Rents across the US rose at an unprecedented pace in the second half of 2021, according to our new... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Is GSE Reform Dead? Monday, February 14, 2022 The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are in their... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions To Senator Toomey: The Process of Exiting GSE Conservatorship Is Not So Simple Tuesday, January 18, 2022 On Thursday, January 13, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Sandra Thompson... By DON LAYTON
