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A report published by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, “Rental Deserts Perpetuate Socioeconomic and Racial Segregation,” examines the composition of “rental deserts” – neighborhoods where less than one-fifth of the housing stock is occupied by or available to renters.…
Heat is the leading cause of weather-related death in the United States. A new paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Housing and Urban Heat: Assessing Risk Disparities,” finds that households in single-family homes face the least heat risk, while households in market-rate multifamily housing…
A report by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, “Gambling with Homes, or Investing in Communities,” analyzes patterns of housing speculation – defined in the report as investment with the expectation of fast profit growth – in New York City. The report also evaluates the impact of…
A new report by Redfin, “Real Estate Investors Are Buying a Record Share of U.S. Homes,” finds that investors bought 18.4% of all homes sold during the fourth quarter of 2021 – the highest ever share of homes purchased by investors. More than 80,000 homes were purchased by investors in the second,…