An upcoming Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies webinar will feature a panel of experts shedding light on how to improve housing and support for older adults in a post-COVID world.
Read More »When Will the GSEs Exit Conservatorship?
Not much has happened as of late in the discussion of bringing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship as current talks are in a “suspended animation” for the time being. Don Layton, former CEO of Freddie Mac, explores where conservatorship stands and what needs to happen in order for it to end.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Examining Pandemic-Related Housing Disruption
In an upcoming virtual presentation, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies will explore new housing barriers created by the pandemic for Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in the U.S.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Examining the Barriers to Housing Equity
An upcoming virtual event from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies will explore various approaches by state and local governments to attain the goal of greater housing equity across communities. Here’s what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Examining the State of the Housing Market
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies will analyze the nation’s post-pandemic housing market in an upcoming webinar and discuss steps the industry and government need to take to protect at-risk households.
Read More »The Remodeling Industry’s Shifts in Specialization, Scale
While "still extremely fragmented," the home improvement business has seen "growing levels of concentration," say research fellows at Harvard's JCHS.
Read More »Cash-Strapped Renters Hit Hard by Pandemic
A new report examines the nation’s renters and how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced this market to deplete their savings to pay their rent, and what policymakers can do to ease issues down the line.
Read More »Smaller-Home Demand Keeps Pace Amid COVID-19
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that demand for smaller homes is keeping pace with the search for larger and more spacious homes as the pandemic forces the nation’s workforce to seek options away from the office.
Read More »An ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in House Prices: Causes and Implications
The "extraordinary" rise of house prices during a pandemic is "a major event that should not be shrugged off or ignored," a former Freddie Mac CEO explains.
Read More »Houses are Better Today. Housing, Not So Much
A new study measuring the growth of the U.S. housing market since the 1980s shows houses are built to last. But younger people can't buy their way into them.
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