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U.S. Housing Stock Grows Slowly

A research brief by Jenny Schuetz and Cecile Murray of the Brookings Institution, “Unpacking the ‘housing shortage’ puzzle: How does housing enter and exit supply?,” shows that net additions to the U.S. housing stock have slowed over time. Additions slowed significantly from a rate of approximately…

Study Examines Why Growing Numbers of Renters are Choosing Single-Family Homes

A report by the Terner Center at the University of California Berkeley, The Rise of Single-Family Rentals after the Foreclosure Crisis, examines the growing number of renters of single-family detached homes. A recent survey of single-family renters indicates their choice was influenced by their…

Airbnb Drives Up Rents in New York City

A report by the Urban Politics and Governance research group from the School of Urban Planning at McGill University, The High Cost of Short-Term Rentals in New York City, examines the impacts of Airbnb on the rental market in New York City and the surrounding region over the past three years. The…

Mayors Identify Lack of Affordable Housing as Major Concern in New Survey

The Boston University Initiative on Cities released the results of its 2017 survey of 115 mayors of cities with at least 75,000 residents. Fifty-one percent of the mayors surveyed identified housing costs as one of the top three factors that prompts residents to move away from their city. Only 13%…