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Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Infill Residential Development through 2030

Authors: Nathaniel Decker, Carol Galante, Karen Chapple & Amy Martin, Terner Center for Housing…

Regulations and Land Use

Balancing the Tax Code to Relieve Housing Cost Burdens

Of the more than 21 millions renters in the United States who are burdened by the cost of housing today, more…

Rental Housing

The Fair Tax Credit: A Proposal for a Federal Assistance in Rental Credit to Support Low-Income Renters

Authors: Carol Galante, Carolina K. Reid, and Nathaniel Decker Release Date: November 2016 This paper proposes a new tax credit to assist the growing…

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Rental Housing

Housing Highlights from the 2015 American Community Survey

The Census Bureau has just released the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS), the most detailed and comprehensive regular source of…

Communities and Regions

Borrowing Innovation, Achieving Affordability: What We Can Learn from Massachusetts Chapter 40B

Working Paper, August 2016 Authors: Carolina K. Reid, Carol Galante, Ashley F. Weinstein-Carnes…

Regulations and Land Use

Has the Expansion of American Cities Slowed Down?

This piece originally appeared on the BuildZoom blog. The original post can be found here. Key takeaways: As a whole, U.S. cities maintained…

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Communities and Regions

Urban Revival? Not for Most Americans

The U.S. population is now less urban than before the start of the housing bubble. While well-educated, higher-income young adults…

Communities and Regions

Why Millennials Still Live with Their Parents

This piece originally appeared on Jed Kolko's blog. The original post can be found here. The entire increase in young adults…

Communities and Regions

Federal Housing Administration Delivers Success

Today, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) delivered its Annual Report to Congress and the report demonstrates that FHA met and…

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Homeownership

Housing Highlights from the 2014 American Community Survey

The Census Bureau has just released the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS), the most detailed and comprehensive regular source of…

Communities and Regions