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The New York Times

Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

“If you give everyone demand-side subsidies, like vouchers, and there’s a supply shortage, it’s going to drive up prices,” Chris Herbert, the managing director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, told me. It costs the state more, and landlords often wind up pocketing the profits.

The Independent

5 tips to tackle a home remodel in an uncertain economy

Spending on home renovations is expected to slow this year because of factors such as declining home sales and values, rising interest rates, continuing inflation and rumblings of a coming recession, says Abbe Will, senior research associate with Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

The New York Times

Once an Evangelist for Airbnbs, She Now Crusades for Affordable Housing

“If you look at rental vacancy rates, they’re extremely low,” said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. “It’s really hard for people to find an affordable place to move to. It’s extremely tight, especially for low-income renters.”

The Guardian

How finding a home in America became so absurdly expensive

“If you are a homeowner, you have access to incredible amounts of equity right now,” said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a senior research associate at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. But this also means a huge number of potential home buyers are locked out of the market.

The Boston Globe

Can developers hit a home run on housing in the Fenway?

The census tract that includes the area surrounding the Kenmore MBTA station saw median home values jump more than $150,000 between 2000 and 2016, according to the most recent data from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Architectural Digest

Is a Zero-Waste Home Renovation Possible?

Over the past few years, homeowners redoubled their remodeling efforts, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

The New York Times

A Great Credit Score, but She Can’t Get a Mortgage

Lenders attributed more than half of their rejections of older applicants to “insufficient collateral.” It's possible lenders didn’t find those homes to be worth as much as applicants had thought, because older owners occupy older homes, and might have deferred maintenance.

BBC

'Am I part of the problem?' The homeowners choosing not to sell

The share of Americans moving each year remained below 9% and Riordan Frost, senior research analyst at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, says he expects affordability issues tied to higher interest rates to limit home moves again in 2023.