Harnessing the Potential of Manufactured Housing to Expand Entry-Level Homeownership Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Last year, James Shen, Chris Herbert and I co-authored a paper that showed that manufactured housing offers significantly reduced construction costs compared to conventional site-built homes. As home... By CHADWICK REED
Affordability Funding and Delivery Models of Resident Services in Affordable Housing Tuesday, July 12, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic not only highlighted the inextricable connection between housing and health... By MEL MILLER
Affordability Did Housing Affordability Worsen During the First Year of the Pandemic? Wednesday, June 29, 2022 For the first time in a decade, housing cost burdens worsened significantly during the first year of... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions Record-Breaking Home Prices and Rents Likely to Cool as Interest Rates Climb: New State of the Nation's Housing Report Wednesday, June 22, 2022 After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher... By CHRIS HERBERT
Remodeling Home Repairs and Updates Pose Considerable Burdens for Lower-Income Homeowners Thursday, June 16, 2022 Lower-income homeowners spend large shares of their incomes on home improvements and maintenance... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Rental Housing Millions of Renters Fall Short of a Comfortable Standard of Living Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Pandemic-related income losses, rising housing costs, and inflation in the cost of basic necessities... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Affordability As Low-Cost Units Become Increasingly Scarce, Low- and Moderate-Income Renters Are Losing Access to Many Neighborhoods Tuesday, February 22, 2022 According to the Center’s recently released report , America’s Rental Housing 2022 , the loss of low... By DANIEL MCCUE
Rental Housing New Report Shows a Surging Rental Market, Starkly Divided by Race and Renter Incomes Friday, January 21, 2022 Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Aging Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending? Monday, November 15, 2021 Between 1989 and 2016 the share of homeowners 65 and older with outstanding mortgages doubled, and... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Neighborhood Change Inclusionary and Incentive Zoning in the Six New England States Thursday, November 4, 2021 Almost 200 localities in all six New England states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire... By DIXI WU