Of Chicago’s 1.3 million renters, over half are paying more than one-third of their incomes on housing, the Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO) reports in a paper released September 15.
The…
According to data released by the U.S. Census on September 10, real median household income in the United States fell by 3.6% between 2007 and 2008, the largest single-year decline in the last…
A new Brookings report shows that even as population growth in many suburbs, exurbs, and smaller metropolitan areas is slowing down during the current housing crisis, population growth…
According to a HUD report released June 25, homeowners who received downpayment assistance through the HOME and American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) programs are less likely to…
At the height of the housing boom in 2004, 42% of American families (both current owners and renters) were unable to afford to purchase a modestly priced home with standard …
The disproportionate impact of the current credit crisis on people of color is the result of structural inequities “deeply embedded into the rules, the histories, and the cultural currents…
HUD released on May 7 a report describing how the U.S. Housing Stock changed from 2005 to 2007; specifically, the loss and gain of housing units. For example, the report finds that 115,000…
A new report finds that while fair housing complaints continue to increase with the worsening housing market and rise of internet advertising, the number of significant fair housing …
Housing Vacancy Survey results from the first quarter of 2009 indicate that the U.S. housing market continues to undergo a significant transition, experiencing a rising number and …
The Environmental Protection Agency published a March 2009 report analyzing the shift in geography of residential construction. Using building permit data, the research concludes that from 1990 to…
In a comprehensive report on child homelessness released March 10, the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) compiles information from a wide variety of sources to rank the 50 states on the…
Climate change legislation is expected with the Obama administration, and measures to mitigate its effects on low income families are anticipated. On February 19, the Center on Budget and Policy…
