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Renters Continue to Struggle with Housing Cost Burden

SOURCE: Center for Housing Policy

The cost of rental housing has steadily increased over the past few years, becoming a burden for many families.  A new report by the Center for Housing Policy – An Annual Look at the Housing Affordability Challenges of America’s Working Households – explores housing affordability data for ...

Report Shows REO Properties As Problematic

SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

A new report shows that individual property values and communities suffer most when homes in foreclosure become bank-owned. This study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston –When Does Delinquency Result in Neglect? – found that REO properties typically receive little or no maintenance and cause ...

Great Neighborhoods, Great Cities

SOURCE: Morris Goldseker Foundation

This monograph by neighborhood strategist David Boehlke describes the Healthy Neighborhoods approach he created, and the way it has been applied in Baltimore.  According to Boehlke, the four elements of neighborhood stability are a positive image, a viable real estate market, good physical ...

The Digital House Hunt: Consumer and Market Trends in Real Estate

"The Digital House Hunt: Consumer and Market Trends in Real Estate" is a report is based on a joint study from the National Association of Realtors and Google. It reports on how consumers are using multiple channels while searching for a new home, and shares how their use of digital sources as ...

Census Report Explores Immigrant Homeownership Rates

SOURCE: US Census Bureau

Achieving the dream of homeownership is not only important to native-born Americans but to foreign-born immigrants as well, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau that highlights data from the American Community Survey.  Almost 1 in 7 households in the US are now headed by an ...

Report Outlines Best Plans for Housing Policy

SOURCE: Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission

After a 16-month examination of housing issues across the nation, the Bipartisan Policy Center has provided a plan for new housing finance systems for both homeownership and rental markets, which are outlined in this report titled Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National ...

Was It Enough? Paper Explores the Federal Response to Foreclosure

SOURCE: School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

The federal response to the foreclosure crisis was not enough, according to “Too Little, Too Late, and Too Timid: The Federal Response to the Foreclosure Crisis at the Five-Year Mark” by Dan Immergluck.  The author describes the federal policy responses from 2007 to 2012 and their progress, ...

How Are States Utilizing Mortgage Settlement Funds? Outline Now Available

SOURCE: Enterprise Community

The $2.5 million awarded through the National Mortgage Settlement in 2012 allowed various recovery activities but most of the funds were meant to be used as credit for loan modifications and foreclosure prevention activities, thereby keeping homeowners in their homes. This report provides an ...

Housing Tax Credit Program Examined

SOURCE: CohnReznick LLP

The Housing Tax Credit program was created years ago to stimulate affordable housing development for low- to moderate-income families. This report by CohnReznick LLP - called Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program at Year 25: An Expanded Look at Its Performance - examines the performance of these ...

New Housing Considerations Are Important for Baby Boomers

SOURCE: Center for Housing Policy

As baby boomers age over the next few decades, questions regarding sufficient housing for this population will arise. This report - Housing an Aging Population: Are We Prepared? -- reports that the number of Americans over the age of 65 will double by 2050 and the number of people over the age ...

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