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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…

Previous studies of the financial constraints for homeownership attainment have found that cash grants to cover down payment and closing costs can fairly substantially…

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 framing paper was originally presented at A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality, a national symposium hosted by the Harvard…

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…

W11-6: In the decade spanning 2000 to 2009, the average US homeowner spent $2,432 annually on home improvement projects, but average expenditures across local markets in…

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…

W03-2: This report summarizes the findings of a Joint Center for Housing Studies survey of the use and performance of Essential Function Bonds. The report was sponsored…