Housing Market & Affordable Housing Stock

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  • Market: Rental and homeownership, market preferences, manufactured housing, multifamily housing.
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Senator Booker Introduces Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity (HOME) Act

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the “Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity (HOME) Act” (S.3342) on August 1. This bold new bill provides a refundable tax credit to individuals who spend more than 30% of their income on rent. The proposal also encourages inclusionary zoning as a means to…

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…