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The COVID pandemic has had a particularly large impact on the financial well-being of renters in the US, and over the past year millions have struggled to pay rent. While…

One result of the COVID-19 pandemic has likely been increased demand for larger homes, including those with dedicated office and exercise space. As a result, some housing…

It was with great sadness that I learned last week of the passing of Jim Brown, director of our Center from 1982 to 1996. Jim led the Center during a critical period in its…

Could fresh, “outside-of-the-box” thinking help address the seemingly intractable problem of rental affordability? Last spring, we decided to explore that question by…

For most of 2020, the US has been beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest sparked by racial injustice, and the devastating impacts of climate change. According to our…

This article examines older adults’ housing circumstances in the United States, including household composition, housing tenure, physical and financial aspects, geography and…

Owning a home has the potential to provide older adults with higher levels of financial security, housing stability, and housing quality. Given that a large majority of older…

A new series of Issue Briefs authored by Rachel Bratt, a Senior Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies and former visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve…

The murder of George Floyd has precipitated an outpouring of public protest across the country at a scale unlike any in recent decades. While the immediate focus of these…

Like everyone else around the country and the world, staff at the Joint Center for Housing Studies are adjusting, day by day, to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, both…