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
Housing Markets & Conditions Improving Housing and Neighborhoods in Mexico: Lessons from a New Harvard GSD Report Tuesday, November 8, 2016 What kinds of planning and design interventions can help improve housing and urban development... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability When Boundaries Matter: Counties, Census Tracts, and Anti-Poverty Programs Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Recent discussions about potential federal anti-poverty programs underscore that seemingly mundane... By SONALI MATHUR
Neighborhood Change PRO Neighborhoods Promote Community Development Finance Thursday, October 27, 2016 In response to funding cuts and tight credit triggered by the Great Recession, the nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Homeownership Can Homebuyer Counseling Support Sustainable Homeownership? Tuesday, October 25, 2016 HUD recently released a progress report —including a few early findings—from what could be a ground... By JONATHAN SPADER
Remodeling Growth in Remodeling Spending Projected to Peak in 2017 Thursday, October 20, 2016 Strong gains in home renovation and repair spending are expected to continue into next year before... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Housing Recovery by Income in Two Metros: San Francisco and St. Louis Thursday, October 6, 2016 The increases in home prices that have occurred since the Great Recession not only vary across the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions High-Income ZIP Codes Benefit Most from Housing Recovery Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Although home prices nationally have been on the upswing since early 2012, the increases have not... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability Metro Data on Rental Cost Burdens Show Uneven Improvement Friday, September 23, 2016 The national trend in cost burdens is reflected across most metropolitan areas of the US. Looking at... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability New Data Shows US Renter Cost Burdens Easing, But Still Elevated Thursday, September 22, 2016 The number of renters paying 30 percent or more of their income on housing decreased in 2015 by 240... By DANIEL MCCUE