Housing Markets & Finance

Wearing masks in the time of COVID-19, the Sukarmadijaya family sit dine al fresco at a table set up off the sidewalk in front of Awang Kitchen, an Indonesian restaurant along Queens Boulevard, in the Elmhurst section of Queens, NY, June 26, 2020. Under Phase II, restaurants may serve customers at sidewalk tables and 8ft into the street from sidewalk, all meant to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 pandemic. (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The Avenue

The Metro Recovery Index: Tracking metropolitan economies through the COVID-19 crisis

July 10, 2020

Bankruptcy graffiti on wall

Housing Markets & Finance

Bankruptcy and the coronavirus: Part II

Monday, July 6, 2020

Affordable housing for special-needs adults

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Housing Markets & Finance

Thoughtful design can create high-quality affordable multifamily housing

Hannah Hoyt and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Reports

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Housing Markets & Finance

Strategies for increasing affordable housing amid the COVID-19 economic crisis

Ingrid Ellen, Erin Graves, Katherine O’Regan, and Jenny Schuetz

Monday, June 8, 2020

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Report

Parking requirements and foundations are driving up the cost of multifamily housing

Hannah Hoyt and Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Union Station

U.S. Metro Areas

As the capital region’s population ages, public policies need to adjust

Jaclene Begley, Leah Brooks, Brian J. McCabe, Jenny Schuetz, and Stan Veuger

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Housing Markets & Finance

Flexible zoning and streamlined procedures can make housing more affordable

Hannah Hoyt and Jenny Schuetz

May 19, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Big city downtowns are booming, but can their momentum outlast the coronavirus?

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Blog Posts

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The Avenue

The Washington, DC region needs more housing, and satellite data can tell us where to build

Leah Brooks, Genevieve Denoeux, and Jenny Schuetz

June 4, 2020

A banner hung by residents of the Meridian Heights apartment building calls for rent cancellation in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, U.S., May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Up Front

Housing hardships reach unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Brinda Gupta, Yung Chun, Hedwig Lee, and Mathieu Despard

Monday, June 1, 2020

Family

The Avenue

A revolution of values for Black American families

Friday, May 22, 2020

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Events

Webinar: State of the Capital region 2020 — A region in demographic and economic transition

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Webinar: Valuing Black lives and property in America’s Black cities

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Moving to Opportunity: What’s next?

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

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Related Books

Homeownership Built to Last

Edited by Eric S. Belsky, Christopher E. Herbert, and Jennifer H. Molinsky

2014

The Future of Housing Finance

Edited by Martin Neil Baily

2011

Regaining the Dream

By Roberto G. Quercia, Allison Freeman, and Janneke Ratcliffe

2011

Experts

Jonathan Rothwell

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

A bicyclist sits in traffic near a housing construction project in San Francisco, California June 2, 2015. The median rent for an apartment in the city is now $4,225 per month, according to local media. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Podcast Episode

America’s housing crisis and the gatekeeping of opportunity

Jenny Schuetz and Conor Dougherty

Friday, March 6, 2020

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The Avenue

Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

Thursday, February 13, 2020

A bird flies over an apartment building along North Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland May 2, 2015. Thousands of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday as anger over the death of young black man Freddie Gray turned to hopes for change following swift criminal charges against six police officers. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - GF10000082067

Policy 2020

How can government make housing more affordable?

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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