Elizabeth Kneebone, Nathaniel Decker, Elijah de la Campa, Chris Herbert
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September 29, 2021
The pandemic has resulted in profound economic hardship for US households, with millions losing their jobs, facing greatly curtailed hours, or unable to work due to the need…
Elijah de la Campa, Vincent J. Reina, Chris Herbert
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August 25, 2021
This working paper, produced as part of the Housing Crisis Research Collaborative, describes the results of a survey of landlords in ten cities across the US, conducted by…
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession have made it more difficult than ever for low- and moderate-income US renters to meet their housing payment obligations. Yet…
The robust gains in the national home remodeling market in recent years mask significant variation in spending trends at the local level. This research examining metro-level…
Since 2007, the Joint Center for Housing Studies has projected short-term trends in home remodeling activity with its quarterly Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or…
W15-4: The dramatic aging of the U.S. population in coming decades is expected to have important implications for the home remodeling industry. Of the over 25 million…
N15-1: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors a biennial longitudinal survey of the U.S. housing stock and its inhabitants known as the American…
W14-2: Due to the many obstacles to scale economies facing the residential remodeling industry, such as low barriers to entry, volatile business cycles, highly…
W13-3: The approximately $300 billion a year private home remodeling and repair market comprises most of the investment for maintaining and improving the nation’s…
George Masnick, Abbe Will, Kermit Baker
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March 14, 2011
W11-4: As baby boomers relocate or downsize in retirement, or simply die off, they will release a very large amount of housing onto the market. Older homeowners (age 55…