Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness Monday, May 6, 2024 With a growing number of older adults experiencing homelessness across the US, we interviewed housing, aging, and homelessness service providers in Boston to examine factors unique to older adults. In... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Affordability What Loss Mitigation Taught Us About Housing Finance Reform Tuesday, January 13, 2015 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post was written... By PATRICIA MCCOY
Affordability Housing Cost Burdens Continue to Strain Renters Thursday, November 20, 2014 The (somewhat) good news: according to the newly-released 2013 American Community Survey (ACS)... By ELLEN MARYA
Affordability The Changing Profile of Student Loan Debt: Who Has It, How Big is Their Burden, and How Much Education Did They Receive? Thursday, October 2, 2014 In recent years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Consumer Credit Panel (FRBNY CCP) , which... By IRENE LEW
Affordability New Data Shows a Growing Wealth Divide in the U.S. Thursday, September 11, 2014 Last week, the Federal Reserve released its 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances , a triennial survey... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability What is Affordable Housing & What Does it Mean to Preserve It? (Five New Case Studies) Thursday, August 14, 2014 Even people in the housing field are not always sure what affordable housing is, and what it means... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Affordability Selection, Matching, and the Rules of the Game: Landlords and the Geographic Sorting of Low-Income Renters Thursday, August 7, 2014 In recent years, federal housing policy has shifted toward a system that is increasingly reliant on... By EVA ROSEN
Affordability With More than 2 Million Units at Risk, How Can the U.S. Preserve its Affordable Rental Housing Stock? Thursday, July 31, 2014 As our most recent State of the Nation’s Housing report confirms, the renter affordability crisis... By IRENE LEW
Affordability Interactive Map: Where Can Renters Afford to Own? Thursday, July 17, 2014 Homebuyer affordability remains near an all-time high, so where are all the first-time homebuyers... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Affordability Rental Supply is Catching up with Strong Demand, but not for Affordable Units Friday, July 11, 2014 The Joint Center’s new State of the Nation’s Housing report summarizes ongoing and emerging trends... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE