Can the Integration of Capital Markets Spur Regional Economic Growth? Wednesday, May 14, 2025 American development has been characterized by large movements of capital and labor headed to the economic frontier in search of higher returns. Historically, the rise of national financial markets... By LEONARDO D'AMICO
Affordability Democracy and the Challenge of Affordability: The Case of Housing Thursday, April 30, 2015 This post kicks off a month-long series that our colleagues at the Ash Center for Democratic... By QUINTON MAYNE
Housing Markets & Conditions VIDEO: An Interactive Conversation about the Role of Designers in Promoting Racial Justice in our Communities Monday, April 20, 2015 Earlier this month, the Joint Center for Housing Studies, together with the Loeb Fellowship and... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Remodeling Slowing Growth in Home Renovations Should Stabilize by Year’s End Thursday, April 16, 2015 The healthy gains in residential remodeling activity estimated for 2014 and the first part of 2015... By ABBE WILL
Affordability Challenges Ahead in Housing America’s Very Low-Income Older Adults Friday, April 3, 2015 The nation’s older population has grown tremendously since the first of the baby boomers turned 50... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Affordability Single-Family Rentals Have Risen to Nearly a Third of Rental Housing Sunday, March 22, 2015 According to the Census Bureau, the national homeownership rate dropped again in the second quarter... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Remodeling What Areas of the Country Do the Most Remodeling, and Who Spends the Most? Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Every two years, the Joint Center releases a report about the national home improvement industry... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Affordability What Does the President’s Budget Mean for Affordable Housing? Monday, March 9, 2015 In his ambitious Fiscal Year 2016 budget submission to Congress last month, President Obama... By IRENE LEW
Demographics & Projections What is Driving the Decline in Homownership Among Young Adults, and What Can be Done About it? Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The homeownership rate for young adults ages 25 to 34, which rose from 45 percent in the mid-1990s... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Neighborhood Change Not All Hard-Hit Neighborhoods Recover Equally Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Foreclosures disproportionately hit minority neighborhoods across the U.S. during the housing crisis... By JACKELYN HWANG