Shifting Neighborhoods
Gentrification is a powerful force for economic change in our cities, but it is often accompanied by extreme and unnecessary cultural displacement. While gentrification increases the value of properties in [...]
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
The 2018 national Housing Wage is $22.10 for a modest two-bedroom rental home and $17.90 for a modest one-bedroom rental home. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, [...]
Racial Segregation in Housing Markets and the Erosion of Black Wealth
Housing is the most important asset for the vast majority of American households and a key driver of racial disparities in wealth. This paper studies how residential segregation by race [...]
Zoning and the Cost of Housing: Evidence from Silicon Valley, Greater New Haven, and Greater Austin
Municipal zoning, shockingly, may be the most consequential regulatory program in the United States. This article reports findings derived from an examination of provisions of zoning ordinances and zoning maps, [...]
Serial Filing: How Landlords Use the Threat of Eviction
While recent research has illustrated the frequency and deleterious consequences of eviction, the number of executed evictions pales in comparison to the number of poor families threatened with eviction. This [...]
Land Concentration and Long-Run Development: Evidence from the Frontier United States
Worldwide, land ownership is concentrated in the hands of relatively few people. This paper studies the impacts of land concentration on the long-run development of communities founded in the frontier [...]
The vertical city: Rent gradients, spatial structure, and agglomeration economies
Tall commercial buildings dominate city skylines. Nevertheless, despite decades of research on commercial real estate and horizontal patterns of urban development, vertical patterns have been largely ignored. We document that [...]
ESTIMATING THE GAP IN AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE RENTAL UNITS FOR FAMILIES
"Housing is a central component of family life and can provide a foundation for family well-being. While we typically think of family households as homeowners, renters are more likely than [...]
Where Jobs are Concentrating and Why It Matters to Cities and Regions
Hence this report, which aims to help leaders understand how, and how much, changing demands for place are influencing the clustering of jobs both across and within metropolitan areas. The [...]
The Case for Preserving Costa-Hawkins: Three Ways Rent Control Reduces the Supply of Rental Housing
In order to highlight the significance of why this policy change would be detrimental for the California housing market, it is critical to understand the ways that rent control reduces [...]