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“I am doing all I can. I just need more time.”
Via: @gothamist.com
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#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
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Majority of formerly homeless families in Far Rockaway building sent to eviction court
Related Companies and WIN operate a supportive housing unit in Far Rockaway, where 43 tenants faced eviction proceedings and four were evicted or left.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“I am doing all I can. I just need more time.”
Via: @gothamist.com
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#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
Via: @gothamist.com
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#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
TODAY @ 3:15 pm: A conversation with the Mayor of Denver @harvardkennedy.bsky.social and open to all @harvard.edu ID holders.
@gsd.harvard.edu @hls.harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu
@gsd.harvard.edu @hls.harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu
Next Thu, Nov 20, the @harvard.edu community is invited to join us for a conversation with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who has led efforts to move thousands of people experiencing homelessness into housing with collaborative programs and measurable results.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
TODAY @ 3:15 pm: A conversation with the Mayor of Denver @harvardkennedy.bsky.social and open to all @harvard.edu ID holders.
@gsd.harvard.edu @hls.harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu
@gsd.harvard.edu @hls.harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu
Home Depot’s results don’t capture the whole picture of the $600 billion home improvement industry, though. “Home Depot is serving a segment of the remodeling industry. They're generally serving homeowners who are working on DIY projects," says Rachel Drew.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Why Home Depot had a disappointing quarter
The company blamed consumer uncertainty and a stuck housing market.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Home Depot’s results don’t capture the whole picture of the $600 billion home improvement industry, though. “Home Depot is serving a segment of the remodeling industry. They're generally serving homeowners who are working on DIY projects," says Rachel Drew.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Rent increases have outpaced growth in household income since 2001, leaving more Americans to spend over 30 percent of their income on housing. But in some parts of the South and Midwest it's still possible to rent for under $1000/mo. @sophiawedeen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
Here’s Where You Can Spend Less Than $1,000 on Rent
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rent increases have outpaced growth in household income since 2001, leaving more Americans to spend over 30 percent of their income on housing. But in some parts of the South and Midwest it's still possible to rent for under $1000/mo. @sophiawedeen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
TODAY @ 4pm ET: Join us for a discussion about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of recent federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
TODAY @ 4pm ET: Join us for a discussion about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of recent federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond.
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“The changes announced in this year’s CoC NOFO represent a profound and dangerous departure from longstanding evidence-based homelessness policy..." says BHHI Director Margot Kushel, MD.
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
Statement by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Director Margot Kushel MD on HUD’s FY2025 Continuum of Care Program NOFO | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO (November 17, 2025) – Following is a statement by Margot Kushel, MD, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) at the University of California, San Francisco, on...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“The changes announced in this year’s CoC NOFO represent a profound and dangerous departure from longstanding evidence-based homelessness policy..." says BHHI Director Margot Kushel, MD.
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
A new paper by our Gramlich fellow Aaron Smithson examines the use of off-site construction to build new affordable housing, including SRO units for formerly unhoused residents to single-family for-sale homes on community land trust plots. @gsd.harvard.edu
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www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/using-s...
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A new paper by our Gramlich fellow Aaron Smithson examines the use of off-site construction to build new affordable housing, including SRO units for formerly unhoused residents to single-family for-sale homes on community land trust plots. @gsd.harvard.edu
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/using-s...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/using-s...
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Happy #MapMonday! Net migration in rural areas surged during the pandemic—and remains high. In many of these communities, migration is offsetting steep natural loss. See where in the dark green on the map, and read more in my new @harvard-jchs.bsky.social blog: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa....
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy #MapMonday! Net migration in rural areas surged during the pandemic—and remains high. In many of these communities, migration is offsetting steep natural loss. See where in the dark green on the map, and read more in my new @harvard-jchs.bsky.social blog: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa....
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was listening to this NPR piece on insurance and the cost of hailstorms in the US exceeding $150 *billion* just last year alone
that's incredible. and it'll get worse w/ climate change.
also, operable exterior shutters help address this!
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
that's incredible. and it'll get worse w/ climate change.
also, operable exterior shutters help address this!
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
was listening to this NPR piece on insurance and the cost of hailstorms in the US exceeding $150 *billion* just last year alone
that's incredible. and it'll get worse w/ climate change.
also, operable exterior shutters help address this!
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
that's incredible. and it'll get worse w/ climate change.
also, operable exterior shutters help address this!
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
Live now: What is gentrification and what happened when @sjccorn.bsky.social, author of The Last House on the Block, bought a $7000 house in the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit?
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www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Live now: What is gentrification and what happened when @sjccorn.bsky.social, author of The Last House on the Block, bought a $7000 house in the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit?
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
Live now and still time to join us: @sjccorn.bsky.social talks about her new book, The Last House on the Block
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www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Live now and still time to join us: @sjccorn.bsky.social talks about her new book, The Last House on the Block
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
TODAY @ 12:15 pm: A new book from @sjccorn.bsky.social examines whether gentrification is inevitable when white homesteaders come to one of the most depopulated neighborhoods in the country.
mailchi.mp/harvard/last...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
TODAY @ 12:15 pm: A new book from @sjccorn.bsky.social examines whether gentrification is inevitable when white homesteaders come to one of the most depopulated neighborhoods in the country.
mailchi.mp/harvard/last...
mailchi.mp/harvard/last...
The @gsd.harvard.edu seeks to appoint a distinguished scholar and/or practitioner with a deep understanding of housing markets, practice, and policy to serve as the Nicolas P. and Joan B. Retsinas Director of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/nicolas-p-an...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/nicolas-p-an...
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The @gsd.harvard.edu seeks to appoint a distinguished scholar and/or practitioner with a deep understanding of housing markets, practice, and policy to serve as the Nicolas P. and Joan B. Retsinas Director of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/nicolas-p-an...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/nicolas-p-an...
Tomorrow (11/14) @ 12:15 pm ET: A new book from our former postdoc @sjccorn.bsky.social examines whether gentrification is inevitable when white homesteaders come to one of the most depopulated neighborhoods in the country. @consumerfed.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Tomorrow (11/14) @ 12:15 pm ET: A new book from our former postdoc @sjccorn.bsky.social examines whether gentrification is inevitable when white homesteaders come to one of the most depopulated neighborhoods in the country. @consumerfed.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/las...
The expected cuts, which would be the most consequential in a generation, are detailed in forthcoming 100-page notice from HUD, and would govern more than $3.5 billion in Continuum of Care funds, the main source of federal money for homelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The expected cuts, which would be the most consequential in a generation, are detailed in forthcoming 100-page notice from HUD, and would govern more than $3.5 billion in Continuum of Care funds, the main source of federal money for homelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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My last big story for the year is up at @dwell.bsky.social: I spoke with ~a dozen millennials who left big cities during or after the pandemic. What I found was a lot of people trying to redefine what ‘upward mobility’ might mean: www.dwell.com/article/rura...
The Millennials Who Ditched Cities During the Pandemic Would Like a Word
As a result of Covid, many young people moved in search of more affordable lifestyles. But in today’s America, is there any place left where you can have it all?
www.dwell.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My last big story for the year is up at @dwell.bsky.social: I spoke with ~a dozen millennials who left big cities during or after the pandemic. What I found was a lot of people trying to redefine what ‘upward mobility’ might mean: www.dwell.com/article/rura...
Next Thu, Nov 20, the @harvard.edu community is invited to join us for a conversation with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who has led efforts to move thousands of people experiencing homelessness into housing with collaborative programs and measurable results.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Next Thu, Nov 20, the @harvard.edu community is invited to join us for a conversation with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who has led efforts to move thousands of people experiencing homelessness into housing with collaborative programs and measurable results.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/del...
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"To live up to that promise, building a wide range of diverse housing options must be a central goal, ensuring that new families can put down roots and that existing residents are not priced out by rising costs."
To learn more, check out the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025.
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To learn more, check out the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"To live up to that promise, building a wide range of diverse housing options must be a central goal, ensuring that new families can put down roots and that existing residents are not priced out by rising costs."
To learn more, check out the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025.
buff.ly/NF8hGbY
To learn more, check out the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025.
buff.ly/NF8hGbY
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Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
After losing population for much of the 2010s, rural areas have been consistently gaining population in the post-pandemic era, writes @riordanfrost.bsky.social in a new blog.
Try the interactive map:
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa...
Try the interactive map:
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa...
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
After losing population for much of the 2010s, rural areas have been consistently gaining population in the post-pandemic era, writes @riordanfrost.bsky.social in a new blog.
Try the interactive map:
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa...
Try the interactive map:
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa...
Buying a house, long a signifier of middle-class status, is considered the most dependable way to build wealth. But in Greater Boston, doing so requires a household income of $229,000, more than twice the income needed 10 years ago. @ktkjohnston.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
Moving up to the middle class was once attainable. Now, it’s an increasingly difficult journey. - The Boston Globe
With costs soaring, jobs increasingly insecure, and safety nets shrinking, climbing the ladder toward prosperity – or even stability – has become an increasingly precarious journey.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Buying a house, long a signifier of middle-class status, is considered the most dependable way to build wealth. But in Greater Boston, doing so requires a household income of $229,000, more than twice the income needed 10 years ago. @ktkjohnston.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
Homeowners with low mortgage rates and a lot of equity feel little pressure to sell and rising insurance costs and property taxes are making matters worse. "Many buyers are maxed out on cost,” said @dmccue.bsky.social. "Lower interest rates can only get them so far.”
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
Why Lower Mortgage Rates Aren’t Enough to Make Homes Affordable, in Charts
Many hopeful buyers need more than lower rates to afford a house.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Homeowners with low mortgage rates and a lot of equity feel little pressure to sell and rising insurance costs and property taxes are making matters worse. "Many buyers are maxed out on cost,” said @dmccue.bsky.social. "Lower interest rates can only get them so far.”
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
“It’s not uncommon for people to remake the house they’re in,” says Rachel Drew. “They like their neighborhood, they may not have the funds to move, or they have favorable loan terms they’re unwilling to give up.” Remodeling activity is up about 5% year over year. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/r...
Stuck in neutral in their starter homes, what are millennials to do? - The Boston Globe
Dining rooms become playrooms and offices become nurseries as families outgrow the homes they hoped would be temporary.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“It’s not uncommon for people to remake the house they’re in,” says Rachel Drew. “They like their neighborhood, they may not have the funds to move, or they have favorable loan terms they’re unwilling to give up.” Remodeling activity is up about 5% year over year. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/r...
Live now: @stephkestelman.bsky.social @arnoldventures.bsky.social discusses her research examining how the Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Incentive Program in Los Angeles has affected the quantity, type, and timing of new housing since its adoption in 2017.
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www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/tra...
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Live now: @stephkestelman.bsky.social @arnoldventures.bsky.social discusses her research examining how the Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Incentive Program in Los Angeles has affected the quantity, type, and timing of new housing since its adoption in 2017.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/tra...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/tra...