Unease in the Housing Market Amid a Worsening Affordability Crisis Tuesday, June 24, 2025 This year, the US housing market is shrouded in uncertainty. High home prices and interest rates have pushed sales to their lowest level in 30 years; insurance premiums and property taxes are on the... By CHRIS HERBERT
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
Homeownership Can Homebuyer Counseling Support Sustainable Homeownership? Tuesday, October 25, 2016 HUD recently released a progress report —including a few early findings—from what could be a ground... By JONATHAN SPADER
Remodeling Growth in Remodeling Spending Projected to Peak in 2017 Thursday, October 20, 2016 Strong gains in home renovation and repair spending are expected to continue into next year before... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Housing Recovery by Income in Two Metros: San Francisco and St. Louis Thursday, October 6, 2016 The increases in home prices that have occurred since the Great Recession not only vary across the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
