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 New Report: Number of Older Adults in the US Expected to Surge, Highlighting Need for Accessible Housing and Policy Improvements Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Download the Report By 2035, more than one in five people in the US will be aged 65 and older and... By KERRY DONAHUE
Demographics & Projections Three Scenarios for the Future of Homeownership Rates Monday, December 12, 2016 Following the rise and fall in the homeownership rate over the past two decades, considerable... By JONATHAN SPADER
Demographics & Projections Have Recent Demographic Trends Contributed to the Rise and Fall of the Homeownership Rate? Thursday, December 1, 2016 What has caused the ongoing, decade-long decline in homeownership in the United States? And which... By JONATHAN SPADER
Neighborhood Change CDFIs Collaborate to Send More Capital to Low-Income Communities Tuesday, November 22, 2016 This post is the second in a series about the results of the Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in... By MATTHEW ARCK
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Urban Agenda, HABITAT III, and the Celebration of a Multinational Agreement on Cities Thursday, November 17, 2016 A few weeks ago, I was one of the approximately 50,000 people who came to Quito, Ecuador for the... By JESSICA JEAN-FRANCOIS
Housing Markets & Conditions From the Archives: When New York’s Legendary “Power Broker” Spoke at the Joint Center Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Fifty years ago today, Robert Moses, the legendary “power broker” who reshaped New York City in the... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Improving Housing and Neighborhoods in Mexico: Lessons from a New Harvard GSD Report Tuesday, November 8, 2016 What kinds of planning and design interventions can help improve housing and urban development... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability When Boundaries Matter: Counties, Census Tracts, and Anti-Poverty Programs Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Recent discussions about potential federal anti-poverty programs underscore that seemingly mundane... By SONALI MATHUR
Neighborhood Change PRO Neighborhoods Promote Community Development Finance Thursday, October 27, 2016 In response to funding cuts and tight credit triggered by the Great Recession, the nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN