June 14, 2017
High Rents and Land Use Regulation
The Federal Reserve’s Devin Bunten has posted Is the Rent Too High? Aggregate Implications of Local Land-Use Regulation. It is a technical paper about an important subject. It has implications for those who are concerned about the lack of affordable housing … Continue reading
June 14, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
June 12, 2017
Poverty in NYC
NYU’s Furman Center has released its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods along with a focus on Poverty in New York City. The State of the City report is always of great value but each year’s focus … Continue reading
June 12, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
May 25, 2017
NYC’s Housing Supply
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board (of which I am a member) released its 2017 Housing Supply Report. It has a lot of interesting data for housing nerds as well as those of us obsessed with NYC. Here is a taste: There … Continue reading
May 25, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
March 21, 2017
The Economic Implications of the Housing Supply
Ed Glaeser and Joe Gyourko posted The Economic Implications of the Housing Supply which is forthcoming in The Journal of Economic Perspectives. In it, they review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of U.S. housing markets to better … Continue reading
March 21, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
March 16, 2017
Trump, Homelessness and the General Welfare
The Hill published my column, Trump’s Budget Proposal Is Bad News for Housing Across the Nation. It opens, The White House unveiled its much anticipated budget proposal today. It shows deep cuts to important agencies, including a more than $6 billion decrease in … Continue reading
March 16, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
March 9, 2017
The Gap in Affordable Homes
The National Low Income Housing Coalition posted a report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. The report opens, For the first time since the recession, U.S. household income increased significantly during 2015. Gains were seen even among the lowest … Continue reading
March 9, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
January 30, 2017
What Is at Stake with the FHA?
The Hill published my column, The Future of American Home Ownership Under President Trump. It reads, One of the Trump Administration’s first official actions was to reverse the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance premium cut that was announced in the … Continue reading
January 30, 2017 in Affordable Housing | Permalink | No Comments
