In the Media

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders describes how the combination of skyrocketing rents and stagnant renters’ incomes has produced and maintained the affordable housing crisis.

The Joint Center for Housing Studies found that nearly three-quarters of senior Americans want to live in their own homes as they age. But because housing is the single biggest item in most household budgets, housing-related expenses disproportionately affect a senior’s financial security and their ability to save for the future.

More American households are owning their homes free and clear with the burden of paying a mortgage out of the picture, and older homeowners especially are making headway on mortgage debt.

Research on homeowner demographics from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that nearly half of all homeowners under age 35 had household incomes of at least $80,000 — and that the high-income share has been growing. That translates more money to personalize their space.

While renovation spending rose to a record at the end of June and likely will reach a new high by the end of 2019, a slowdown is on the horizon.

After years of feverish remodeling activity, Americans are starting to cool on home improvement projects. The annual gain in homeowner spending on home improvements and repairs is expected to drop from 6.3% during the current quarter to less than 1% by the second quarter of next year, according to the Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity.

US home owners are expected to spend less on home improvement and repairs over the next year, according to the Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity.

Donald Layton reflects on his new ‘technocrat’ role, his fellowship at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, and on what it would take to end conservatorship of two mortgage giants

The federal government once promised to provide homes for every American. What happened?

A new study by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing studies notes that the rate of household formation is now finally rising in line with population growth, with annual gains of nearly 200,000 on average since 2015.