Lower-income renters continue to face extraordinary financial hardships, as the competing costs of food, energy, and housing make it nearly impossible for some to cover basic needs.
Conversations about urban neighborhoods and social justice are expanding to include art and wellness. A new paper examines the use of arts-based real estate development to create positive change in communities of color.
In 2022-2023, 6 million people immigrated to the US. These new arrivals are already having an impact on the housing market, but their full effect on household growth will take some time to be fully realized.
Joint Center for Housing Studies
of Harvard University
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This paper, which is derived from the author's dissertation at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, delves into the community development efforts of Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas. The dissertation examined three prominent African American artists who have used arts-based real estate development to create positive change in their neighborhoods.
Housing affordability challenges have crept increasingly up the income scale and have left a record-high share of middle-income renter households with cost burdens. In response, a growing number of states and localities have adopted policies and programs to address middle-income housing needs. In this research, we consider what these programs are intended to do, what the potential benefits are, whom they serve, and the policy tradeoffs that might occur if we prioritize addressing middle-income rental affordability.
Homeowners and renters across the US are struggling with high housing costs. On the for-sale side, millions of potential homebuyers have been priced out of the market by high home prices and interest rates, while the number of renters with cost burdens has hit an all-time high.
