Managing Subrecipients of CDBG Grantees
Many American neighborhoods need help to create the economic and social conditions that foster individual and family well-being. These are communities that may lack affordable housing; thriving...
View ArticleGetting Lean: Assessing the Benefits of Lean Production in Factory Built Housing
This document, Getting Lean: Assessing the Benefits of Lean Production in Factory Built Housing, is the final report of the first phase of a planned multi-year research effort to develop and implement...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Homeowner Age and House Price Appreciation
This paper focuses on the empirical question: Do the houses of elderly homeowners appreciate at the same rate as the average house in their local market? As the population ages and retirees plan their...
View ArticleAffordable Housing/Worst Case Needs Reports to Congress
Posted Year: 2005Worst Case Housing Needs 2011: Report to Congress - Summary 2009 Worst Case Housing Needs of People with Disabilities - Supplemental Findings of the Worst Case Housing Needs 2009:...
View ArticleEffects of Changes in Ownership on Repair and Remodeling Behavior in...
Many real estate and remodeling professionals believe that most home remodeling projects are undertaken just before the sale of a housing unit (to increase the unit’s sales price) or just after (to...
View ArticleImpact of Moving and Job Changes on Commuting Time
Urban economic theory considers housing and employment decisions to be closely related, as people weigh their commuting and housing costs, earnings, and relative tastes in housing in their choices. The...
View ArticleCommuting Patterns and the Housing Stock
This paper explores the usefulness of American Housing Survey (AHS) commuting data in investigating the spatial mismatch hypothesis. Briefly stated, this hypothesis states that housing and employment...
View ArticleElderly Housing Consumption: Historical Patterns and Projected Trends
This report uses American Housing Survey data to consider the implications of the aging of the population for the size and characteristics of the housing stock. The report first projects the population...
View ArticleThe Aging Baby Boomers. Current and Future Metropolitan Distributions and...
In less than a decade, the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation will reach 65 years of age and enjoy longer life expectancies than any previous generation. The aging of this population poses...
View ArticleImproving Housing Subsidy Surveys. Data Collection Techniques for Identifying...
This report provides the findings of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-sponsored research project entitled Improving Housing Subsidy Surveys: Data Collection Techniques for...
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