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 LBJ’s Biggest Housing Program that No One Remembers Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Now that we have reached the half-century mark since President Lyndon Johnson began passing... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
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
Housing Markets & Conditions Wild Frontiers of Healthy Housing Research: Microbes Among Us Sunday, September 21, 2014 Recently, the Joint Center has been researching what makes a healthy home. As Mariel Wolfson pointed... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
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
Aging INTERACTIVE MAP: The U.S. Population Has Aged Significantly Over the Past Two Decades Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The older adult population has grown tremendously since the first of the baby boomers (born 1946-64)... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Aging Housing America’s Older Adults: New Report & Infographic Tuesday, September 2, 2014 This week, the Joint Center released its new report, Housing America’s Older Adults—Meeting the... By KERRY DONAHUE
Aging Older Homeowners Want to Age in Place but Aren’t Focused on Accessibility Thursday, August 21, 2014 With many baby boomers reaching retirement age this decade, a major shift in the age distribution of... By ABBE WILL
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