Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of record-low interest rates, the continued aging of millennials into prime homebuying years, and a... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability Addressing the Silent Housing Crisis Friday, June 19, 2015 Yesterday the newly-launched J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability Homeownership and Affordable Housing a Key Part of Upward Mobility, but Hard to Come By Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation released the results of its third annual How Housing... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Affordability House Appropriations Bill Underfunds Housing Assistance Programs Thursday, June 4, 2015 The FY 2016 appropriations bill covering spending for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development... By IRENE LEW
Affordability A Record of Steady Progress: Gov. Patrick and Predecessors Should Be Proud of Chapter 40B Contributions Thursday, May 14, 2015 Last December, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development released the latest... By RACHEL G. BRATT
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
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
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
Affordability What Effect Will Lower FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Have on First-Time Homebuyers? Thursday, January 22, 2015 As mentioned in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)... By DANIEL MCCUE