W04-11: Access to decent and affordable housing has long been a cornerstone of efforts to expand social and economic opportunity for all Americans. One in three…
RR07-11: The paper then reviews local housing policy in three case-study cities in states with different approaches to housing and land use policy: California,…
Chris Herbert, Eric Belsky, William Apgar
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April 30, 2012
W12-2: This paper focuses on four critical policy challenges in the area of housing finance that were developed with input from the What Works Collaborative during the…
W05-8: The rapid rise in home prices in countries around the world has focused new attention on the role that housing and housing wealth plays in enhancing the financial…
This paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard Joint…
During the past decade, the housing finance system contributed to a boom-and-bust cycle that triggered the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s. A brief but…
HBTL-02: For most families, a central part of the American Dream has been the goal of homeownership. Consumer attitudes, public policy, and the private sector were all…
William Apgar, Allegra Calder, J. Michael Collins, Mark Duda
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November 30, 2002
W02-11: This paper explores advantages and disadvantages of manufactured housing for those entities whose mission is community development and asset building. Several…
W05-11: Efforts to promote equal access to mortgage capital by racial and ethnic minorities have historically been a key component of the civil rights agenda in the…