New Projections Anticipate Slowdowns in Household Growth and Housing Demand
1.8.25
Research
Housing Cost Burdens Hit Another Record High in 2023, According to Harvard Joint Center on Housing Studies
12.4.24
People of Color Comprise Wider Share of Low-Wage Workforce, Finds WorkRise Study
10.31.24
Urban Institute Fact Sheet Explores Racial Inequities in Heirs’ Property Inheritance
10.31.24
A new report from the Urban Institute presents four characteristics that can help identify prospective “tangled titles” or “heirs’ property,” or real estate transferred by parents after death without clear ownership or to multiple descendants. The researchers also use three determinants to identify potential tangled title properties: the absence of a will or trust, having two or more children (descendants), and being widowed or living without a partner.
Common characteristics of tangled titles include:
Proximity to Gentrification Increases Nearby Policing, Finds Study Coauthored by CLPHA’s Malcolm Guy
9.12.24
A study on gentrification and policing coauthored by Malcolm Guy, CLPHA’s Senior Policy & Research Analyst, was recently published in Urban Studies journal. By integrating the literatures of urban studies, crime, and deviance, the study theorizes the linkage between nearby gentrification and disorder policing. Using Washington, D.C. as a study site, the study demonstrates how urban revitalization in adjacent census block groups increased order maintenance arrests in the average block group.
Study from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies Calls for Middle-Income Housing Policies to Complement Low-Income Rental Programs
8.7.24
New Data Reveals Alarming Rise in Insurance Costs for Affordable Housing
7.24.24
Urban Institute Report Examines Reforms to the Inspection Process
5.16.24
Rising Rents and Evictions Linked to Premature Death, According to Study from Social Science and Medicine
4.25.24
HUD Study Examines Long-Term Trajectories for Former HUD-Assisted Households with Children
3.26.24