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
Neighborhood Change Successful Collaboration in Community Development: Easier Said Than Done Thursday, September 28, 2017 What are the keys to successful collaborations of nonprofit housing organizations? A remarkable... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Neighborhood Change Are Integrated Neighborhoods Becoming More Common in the United States? Tuesday, September 19, 2017 The share of the population living in racially and ethnically integrated neighborhoods in the US has... By JONATHAN SPADER, SHANNON RIEGER
Neighborhood Change Managing Rapid Urbanization: Lessons from Mongolia Friday, August 25, 2017 The capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, provides a useful lens for understanding tensions that... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability The Rise of Poverty in Suburban and Outlying Areas Tuesday, July 11, 2017 A key takeaway from our latest State of the Nation’s Housing report is that poverty is both... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Neighborhood Change Making Collaboration Work: Four Lessons from Chicago CDFIs Thursday, June 29, 2017 Although many in the housing and community development field are excited by the idea of... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN, MATTHEW ARCK
Neighborhood Change Cincinnati Event Focuses on Lessons from the PRO Neighborhoods Initiative Friday, May 12, 2017 The challenges—and the unexpected benefits—of collaboration among community development financial... By MATTHEW ARCK
Housing Markets & Conditions Boston Mayor Gives Annual Dunlop Lecture Wednesday, March 22, 2017 In a more two-decade career that began in the construction trades and now brings him into a host of... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Neighborhood Change How are Community Development Organizations Helping Build Healthy Places? Tuesday, January 31, 2017 The great majority of America’s high-performing community development organizations (CDOs) are... By ALINA SCHNAKE-MAHL
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