Housing Markets & Finance

Blog Posts

The Avenue

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

Alan Berube

July 10, 2020

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

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Events

Affordable housing for special-needs adults

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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

Online only

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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

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Experts

Elizabeth Kneebone

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

@jenny_schuetz

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Director - Center on Children and Families

RichardvReeves

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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

The Avenue

Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

Andre M. Perry

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?

Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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Housing Markets & Finance

An eviction moratorium without rental assistance hurts smaller landlords, too

Trump is clinging to an outdated vision of America’s suburbs

What will it cost to save Washington, D.C.’s renters from COVID-19 eviction?

Using a down market to launch affordable housing acquisition strategies

Reports

Bankruptcy and the coronavirus: Part II

Thoughtful design can create high-quality affordable multifamily housing

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

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

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

Blog Posts

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

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

Housing hardships reach unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 pandemic

Events

Affordable housing for special-needs adults

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

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

Related Books

Homeownership Built to Last

The Future of Housing Finance

Regaining the Dream

Experts

Elizabeth Kneebone

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Director - Center on Children and Families

Multimedia

America’s housing crisis and the gatekeeping of opportunity

Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

How can government make housing more affordable?