Housing America’s Older Adults
More than half of the nation’s households are now headed by someone at least 50 years of age. These 65 million older households are highly diverse in their living situations, [...]
Housing tenure and labor market impacts: The search goes on
We develop two search-theoretic models emphasizing firm entry to examine the Oswald hypothesis, the idea that homeownership is linked to inferior labor market outcomes, and compare their predictions to three [...]
The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities
Since the '80s the US has experienced not only a steady increase in income inequality, but also a contemporaneous increase in residential segregation by income. Using US Census data, we [...]
Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation
This Article advances two central claims. First, declining interstate mobility rates create problems for federal macroeconomic policymaking. Low rates of interstate mobility make it harder for the Federal Reserve to [...]
Rising Housign Costs and Re-Segregation in San Francisco
This report finds that increases in housing prices in San Francisco were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived between 2000 and 2015. It also provides evidence [...]
In whose backyards has D.C. built new housing?
Like many large metropolitan areas, the Washington D.C. region faces a housing supply crunch. From 2010 to 2016, the population grew roughly twice as fast as the number of housing [...]
Planning an Affordable City
First, we argue in Part III.A that binding, comprehensive plans allow legislators to create “contracts” across electoral districts that are otherwise impossible when zoning proceeds through piecemeal lot-by-lot bargaining. In [...]
Rising Housign Costs and Re-Segregation in Contra Costa County
This report finds that increases in housing prices in Contra Costa County were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived between 2000 and 2015. It also provides [...]
Perspectives: Practitioners Weigh in on Drivers of Rising Housing Construction Costs in San Francisco
In this brief, we present findings from interviews and focus groups with developers, general contractors, architects and nonprofits working to build both affordable and market-rate housing in San Francisco. The [...]
Rising Housign Costs and Re-Segregation in Alameda County
This report finds that increases in housing prices in Alameda County were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived between 2000 and 2015. It also provides evidence [...]