Sample Papers

INCREASING POVERTY AND RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION Poverty in the United States has become more concentrated. In 2014, 13.7 million people lived in neighborhoods with poverty rates of […]

SHORTFALLS IN THE AFFORDABLE SUPPLY Between 1993 and 2013, the number of very low-income house- holds eligible for federal rental housing assistance soared by 3.8 million, […]

THE STATE OF THE NATION’S HOUSING 201632 CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH HOUSING COSTS After paying large shares of their incomes for housing, cost- burdened households cut back […]

HOUSING CHALLENGES 31JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PREVALENCE OF COST BURDENS After three consecutive years of declines, the total number of housing cost-burdened […]

STRONG MULTIFAMILY PERFORMANCE Investor returns on rental properties continued to climb last year. The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries reports that net operating income […]

PERSISTENT MARKET TIGHTENING The inability of supply to keep up with the rapid rise in demand has led to the longest period of rental market tightening […]

SEVERE GAPS IN SUPPLY With the private market failing to provide housing affordable to many of the nation’s lower-income households, the demand for low-cost rentals far […]

SEVERE GAPS IN SUPPLY With the private market failing to provide housing affordable to many of the nation’s lower-income households, the demand for low-cost rentals far […]

EVOLUTION OF THE SUPPLY The single-family housing stock absorbed nearly two-thirds of the decade-long growth in renter households, lifting the single- family share of occupied rentals […]