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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…

Expenditures for improvements to the owner-occupied housing stock are expected to increase in nearly all of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas this year, according to…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, renters in the United States were facing a housing affordability crisis. Nearly a quarter of renter households were spending more than half…

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession have worsened existing disparities in housing affordability. For renter households of color, already saddled with higher housing…

During the pandemic, there has been a surge in do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement as people have used some of their extra time at home to undertake projects that…

Most residential remodeling firms experienced reduced business activity during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to our analysis of weekly surveys…

While the COVID-19 pandemic is having substantial economic effects on renters throughout the United States, its impact could be particularly dramatic in the 23 major…

Over the past 20 years, the number of homeowners age 55 and over has grown dramatically from 26 million to more than 42 million, increasing their share of all owners to…

W07-1: The rapid growth of household wealth in the United States has been accompanied by drastic growing inequality. This paper discusses both wealth and inequality…

W06-5: This paper examines the determinants of the ownership of multiple homes and the influence of multiple-homeownership on the income elasticity of housing demand. It…