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The US added more multifamily housing between 2021 and 2025 than any other time in the past 37 years, with downtown Brooklyn and Nashville leading the way.
Will the cities of the future work for everyone? By 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities.Americans are moving less, leading to fewer mortgages and defaults and more renovations Americans have been moving less since 1990. What does this mean for the mortgage market?Why the low Hispanic homeownership rate matters Families of color have, on average, a much harder time getting a mortgage than do white families.Building the evidence base to support low-income housing policy in Latin America and the Caribbean In 2009, the world’s urban population surpassed its rural population for the first time. But we still don't know much about the housing needs of this population.What we know about gun violence in the United States: What are the economic impacts? Looking at gun violence from an economic perspective can also deepen our understanding of this challenge and help identify new ways to save lives.