The Perfect Storm in Home Insurance
January 28, 2025
More frequent climate disasters, population migration to locations with higher climate risk, and inflation, are raising the pressure on insurance companies.
Housing
Access to affordable housing remains a challenge for many Americans. Among a range of issues, our posts examine the factors determining house prices, the role of government in addressing supply shortages, the determinants of home insurance, and the racial and ethnic disparities in homeownership and wealth accumulation.
January 28, 2025
More frequent climate disasters, population migration to locations with higher climate risk, and inflation, are raising the pressure on insurance companies.
January 8, 2025
In 2024, the number of people experiencing homelessness in the United States on a single night was the highest since survey records began. Why is this?
March 14, 2024
Median house prices are now 6 times the median income, up from 4-5 times 20 years ago. The ratio of median rents to median income rose from 25 to 30%.
November 28, 2022
New findings based on two decades of research are reshaping how we understand the importance of neighborhood environments for adults and children.
July 5, 2022
A housing shortage problem has been building (or not, as the case maybe) for decades. But the pandemic took it to a whole new level.
February 2, 2022
U.S. house prices shot up by 20% in real terms between February 2020 and September 2021. But the degree of appreciation has varied greatly across cities.
September 17, 2020
While median rents have risen since 2001, median renter household incomes have remained largely the same. Low-income households face higher rates of rent burden.
June 5, 2020
Demand for houses and homes for sale fell in March and April. But house prices rose, albeit more slowly. The future of housing prices remains very uncertain.
October 16, 2019
Michael Klein (EconoFact) and Jeff Zabel (Tufts) discuss why some housing policies need to be set at the state level in order to improve housing affordability.