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The U.S. Census Bureau released new 5-year estimates from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) on December 19. The ACS is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. Each month a sample of houses…
Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced the “Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2019” (H.R.4984) on November 5. Co-sponsors include Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), José Serrano (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and…
The House Financial Services Committee passed several bills that would expand housing assistance for communities vulnerable to housing insecurity or homelessness. The “Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Grants Act of 2019” (H.R. 4029) passed the Committee unopposed on September 18, and the “…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released The Shifting Profile of First-Time Homebuyers: 1997–2017, which shows a decline in the annual volume and rate of first-time homebuying over that time period. The authors also observe that first homes have become larger and…