Managed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) fund helps cities, counties, and states…
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 homeownership rate, among the thousands of statistics that the government produces to describe the country’s economic and social health, has an exalted place among…
Every level of the United States government is currently working to address the intersection of climate change and equity priorities, with no perfect solution for balancing…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 16, 2021
Even as the US economy continues to recover, the inequalities amplified by the pandemic remain front and center. Households that weathered the crisis without …
Drawing on three years of fieldwork, this article explains the emergence and persistence of two conflicting styles of street life in Brightmoor, a depopulated, majority Black…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), earlier in May…
Across the NeighborWorks America network, many housing organizations found that the year 2020 brought into sharp relief a number of technical and adaptive challenges facing…
