Continued Easing of Remodeling Declines Expected into 2025
Annual expenditures for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes are projected to decrease this year and into the first quarter of 2025, but at a moderating rate.
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Dr. Margot Kushel to Deliver 23rd Annual Dunlop Lecture at Harvard
For over three decades, Dr. Margot Kushel has both cared for people who experience homelessness and studied the causes, consequences, and solutions to homelessness.
New Report Shows Rent Is Unaffordable for Half of Renters as Cost Burdens Surge to Record Levels
Climbing rents have propelled cost burdens to staggering new heights: in 2022, half of all US renters were cost burdened. The number of renter households spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities rose by 2 million in just three years to a record high of 22.4 million.
Downturn in Home Remodeling May Bottom Out in 2024
Spending for residential improvements and repairs is expected to shrink this year for the first time since 2010, but signs point to some easing of declines by year’s end.
As the Older Adult Population Soars, US is Unprepared to Provide Housing and Care for Millions of People
The US population 65 and over soared by 34 percent in the last decade, from 43 million in 2012 to 58 million in 2022. In the coming decade, the fastest growth will occur among those over 80, when people are more likely to need accessible housing as well as services and supports at home. The US, however, is not ready to provide housing and care for this surging population.
New Book Calls Attention to the Role of Design in Tackling US Housing Challenges
What is the state of housing design in the US, and how are architects responding to issues such as climate change, the affordability crisis, increasing regulations and construction costs, and the demand for new housing that better reflects today's demographic realities?
Weakening of Residential Remodeling Activity Anticipated for 2024
Annual spending for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes is expected to decrease at a moderate rate over the coming year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA)
Further Softening Expected for Homeowner Remodeling
Annual expenditures for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes are expected to decline at an accelerating rate through the first half of 2024.
Home Prices and Rents Remain High, as Steep Interest Rates Lock Homeowners in Place and Slow Construction
The sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact housing markets and affordability for both homeowners and renters across the US.
Announcing the 2023 Meyer Dissertation Fellows
Two Harvard doctoral students have been named 2023 John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellows by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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