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
Homeownership How HOPE Creates Opportunity in Rural Areas Friday, February 16, 2018 The papers from the third panel of the Joint Center’s symposium on A Shared Future: Fostering... By ALAN BRANSON, JEREMY AVINS
Housing Markets & Conditions Fifty Years After the Fair Housing Act was Passed to Combat Segregation, We are Still Struggling to Find the Will to Implement It Monday, February 12, 2018 In the third set of papers from the Joint Center’s A Shared Future symposium, published last week... By MOSES GATES
Rental Housing Is Rent Growth Finally Slowing? Thursday, February 1, 2018 Rents rose faster than inflation in almost three-quarters of the nation’s major housing markets... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Neighborhood Change What Would it Take to Overcome Exclusionary Barriers, and Promote More Affordable Options in All Neighborhoods? Friday, January 26, 2018 What would it take to make new neighborhoods, and remake old ones, so that large, complex... By KATIE GOURLEY
Affordability Really?! Ten Surprising Findings from the America’s Rental Housing Report Monday, January 22, 2018 Following the release of our America’s Rental Housing report last month, one of the most common... By JONATHAN SPADER
Remodeling Remodeling Market to March Higher in 2018 Thursday, January 18, 2018 The coming year is expected to be another robust one for residential renovations and repairs with... By ABBE WILL
Homeownership How Housing Counseling Creates More Neighborhood Choice for Buyers Thursday, January 11, 2018 The US housing system simultaneously is one of the most efficient markets in the world and one of... By MARIETTA RODRIGUEZ
Affordability Low-Cost Rental Housing Increasingly Difficult to Find Wednesday, January 3, 2018 While rental markets are cooling nationally, market conditions remain extremely tight at the low end... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Demographics & Projections Taking it to the House: Our Most Popular Blogs of 2017 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 As we turn the calendar to 2018, we took a moment to look back at the past year to see what were the... By DAVID LUBEROFF