Housing Markets & Finance

Multifamily Building in a Midwestern town, USA

Post

Are new housing policy reforms working? We need better research to find out.

Monday, November 21, 2022

Building site with new homes under construction

The Avenue

How owner-occupancy regulations are contributing to the housing crisis

Anika Singh Lemar

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Innovations in affordable housing finance in the DC region

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Group of activists for climate justice and racial justice marching the streets of New York City

The Avenue

The Inflation Reduction Act will reduce household energy insecurity—but it could do more

Monday, August 22, 2022

Reports

Houses illustration

Essay

Lessons learned from housing policy during COVID-19

Kris Gerardi, Lauren Lambie-Hanson, Paul Willen, Laurie Goodman, and Susan Wachter

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

A calculator, paperwork, and computer on a table

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Bolstered balance sheets: Assessing household finances since 2019

Mitchell Barnes, Wendy Edelberg, Sara Estep, and Moriah Macklin

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

S dollars on display in the shape of a house.

Report

The impact of beneficial ownership transparency on illicit purchases of US property

Matthew Collin, Florian M. Hollenbach, and David Szakonyi

Monday, March 7, 2022

Cover art - Atlanta

Report

Housing growth in the Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. metro areas shows why the U.S. is failing at climate resilience

Rushaine Goulbourne and Jenny Schuetz

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Cover art

Report

Biased appraisals and the devaluation of housing in Black neighborhoods

Jonathan Rothwell and Andre M. Perry

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Blog Posts

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Up Front

How to limit the risks to financial stability posed by the Federal Home Loan Bank System

Daniel K. Tarullo

Monday, July 11, 2022

Suburb of Detroit, Michigan

Up Front

Did the pandemic advance new suburbanization?

Yung Chun, Tyler Haupert, Stephen Roll, Sophia R. Fox-Dichter, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Monday, May 23, 2022

aerial view of neighborhood

Up Front

How does the Consumer Price Index account for the cost of housing?

David Wessel and Sophia Campbell

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

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Events

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

1:00 PM - Friday Mar 25, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

The path forward for housing finance

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

State of the Capital Region 2021: Examining the pandemic’s impact on the geography of jobs

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

Homeownership Built to Last

Edited by Eric S. Belsky, Christopher E. Herbert, and Jennifer H. Molinsky

2014

The Future of Housing Finance

Edited by Martin Neil Baily

2011

Regaining the Dream

By Roberto G. Quercia, Allison Freeman, and Janneke Ratcliffe

2011

Experts

Carlos Martín

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Brookings Metro

Jonathan Rothwell

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

@CamilleBusette

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Multimedia

Recession Remedies podcast - housing

Podcast Episode

What economic policies prevented dire housing outcomes during COVID-19?

Laurie Goodman, Paul Willen, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Stacks of coins with a toy house.

Housing Markets & Finance

Homebuyer behavior in hot and cold markets

Robert J. Shiller and Anne K. Thompson

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Homes in San Marcos, California

Podcast Episode

How to fix America’s broken housing systems

Jenny Schuetz and Bill Finan

Friday, February 11, 2022

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The public hearing process for new housing is broken. Here’s how to fix it.

Anika Singh Lemar

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Where pro-housing groups are emerging

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Housing finance reform: The path forward gets rolling

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