Looking at Black immigration and homeownership nationwide, a new study from the Joint Center of Housing Studies revealed that in many states, immigrants make up high shares of all Black households.
Read More »Rental Deserts Sustaining Racial Disparities in Housing
Racial discrimination within the housing market has been documented on many occasions, with homeowners or buyers of color experiencing some type of hurdle throughout the housing process. Nearly ...
Read More »Lower-Income Households Forgoing Home Repairs
A study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University revealed that many cities offer repair assistance programs, but may be hampered by insufficient budgets.
Read More »Gap Widens Between Most, Least Expensive Cities
Home price appreciation rates are pretty disparate across the nation, according to a new report released on Friday. In fact, while 16 percent of U.S. markets saw housing prices jump 40 percent since the year 2000, another 30 percent of cities actually saw prices decline over the same period. Nominally, prices rose in 97 out of the nation’s 100 biggest metro areas last year. A result of high demand and tightening supply, affordability is on the downslope, too. According to the report, about 19 million U.S. households spent more than half of their annual incomes on housing in 2015.
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