Housing Finance Policy Center

  • Families need a lifeline, but Trump’s regulator tosses them an anchor

    Nonresident Fellow Jim Parrott's August 14th opinion editorial in the Washington Post

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/14/families-need-lifeline-trumps-regulator-tosses-them-an-anchor/
  • How Changes in Property Taxes Shape Communities

    If you missed our August 6 webinar, you can watch it here now.

    https://www.urban.org/events/how-changes-property-taxes-shape-communities-two-case-studies
  • The latest mortgage market data is now available

    60+ charts, tables and graphs including updated figures describing the product composition and nonbank share of new originations, housing credit availability and serious delinquency rates for multifamily GSE loans.

    https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/housing-finance-policy-center/projects/housing-finance-glance-monthly-chartbooks
  • August 4 Newsletter

    70% income replacement hurts low-income renters and tackling capital access for communities of color

    http://view.news.urban.org/?qs=c80495fefdbfc3237c09cab4e6fb33c77eee2ca1e10692fb25499b22a878e32ac3320eb1d50f2a479dcc87957b088cebde2f8ea0ffba45a2b26d4a45e8bfba497f84dd9d3356a5640ca5570b69b58746

LATEST WORK

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Why It’s Harder to Offer Mortgage Assistance to 3 Million Borrowers with Private Loans

Karan Kaul
August 13, 2020
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Owners and Renters of 6.2 Million Units in Small Buildings Are Particularly Vulnerable during the Pandemic

Jung Hyun Choi, Caitlin Young
August 10, 2020
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A State Framework for Delivering Targeted Housing Assistance to People and Places Hit Hardest by COVID-19

Alanna McCargo, Jung Hyun Choi, John Walsh
August 6, 2020
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Moving to a 70 Percent Income Replacement for Unemployment Insurance Benefits Will Disproportionately Hurt Low-Income Renters

Sarah Strochak
July 31, 2020
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To Significantly Increase Access to Capital for Communities of Color, We Need to Support Black Banks and All CDFIs

Michael Neal
July 31, 2020
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Housing and Housing Finance
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Reducing the Amount of Federal Unemployment Insurance Would Increase Rent Burden for Millions of Households

Aaron Shroyer, Sarah Strochak
July 24, 2020

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