A Year for the Record Books: The State of the Nation’s Housing in Perspective Wednesday, July 9, 2025 It has been a record year for housing. Our latest State of the Nation’s Housing report highlights an eye-popping list of milestones that were set in 2024. Most relate to housing affordability or, more... By DANIEL MCCUE
Aging New Report Shows Widening Housing Inequality Among America’s Older Adults Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Housing inequality is becoming increasingly evident among older Americans as the number of older... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Housing Markets & Conditions 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... By DON LAYTON
Affordability 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... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Homeownership 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... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Housing Markets & Conditions How Lopping off the Wrong Loan Products to Trim the GSEs’ Market Reach Could Undermine Affordable Lending Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Over the years, with the approval of their regulator/conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency... By MICHAEL STEGMAN, RICHARD COOPERSTEIN
Housing Markets & Conditions What the FHFA Needs to Get Right in Its GSE Capital Rule Monday, October 7, 2019 In July 2018, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), regulator of the two government-sponsored... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Temporarily Ending the GSE Net Worth Sweep: A Limited but Important Step Towards GSE Reform Wednesday, October 2, 2019 On Monday, September 30, the US Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the... By DON LAYTON
Neighborhood Change Building Inclusive Social Housing: Lessons from Bogota Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Around the world, mayors and other urban officials confront significant obstacles when they try to... By MARIA ATUESTA, DIANE DAVIS
Housing Markets & Conditions Treasury’s GSE Reform Plan – A Case Study of Political Economy in Action Friday, September 27, 2019 The US Treasury released in early September its much-awaited Housing Reform Plan in response to the... By DON LAYTON
