Housing Equality & Policy
All Policy & Current Issues
April 5, 2021
Rising sea levels played a role for about one-third of people who plan to move in the next year. Many respondents say they wouldn’t relocate to an area with climate risk even if it were more affordable. Many Americans are factoring climate change into their decisions about where to live, according to a new Redfin […]
March 18, 2021
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by nearly 9%. The newly enacted child tax credit, which will put an average of $221 per month into the pockets of families earning $150,000 or less with children, would make housing go from unaffordable to affordable […]
March 14, 2021
In dozens of American cities including Sacramento and Chicago, formerly redlined neighborhoods have a larger share of homes endangered by flooding than neighborhoods that weren’t targeted by the racist 1930s housing policy. Many of these at-risk neighborhoods remain predominantly nonwhite. Modern flood-risk maps bear a striking resemblance to 1930s redlining maps. Americans living in formerly […]
March 9, 2021
But even with the substantial home-equity uptick, Black Americans who bought in 2019 still have a median of $89,000 in equity, much lower than $113,000 for white Americans. People who bought homes in primarily Black neighborhoods in 2019 gained a median $59,000 in home equity last year, compared with $50,000 for people who bought homes […]
February 25, 2021
The fees that sellers pay to buyers’ agents are expected to decline as a federal legal battle ushers in a new era of transparency around real estate commissions. Some home-selling businesses have already started offering lower commission rates. Buyers also stand to benefit, as lower commissions can translate to lower home prices. The typical U.S. […]
