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The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change in Columbus (Columbus 2050)
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Fellows Reports
ULI’s Fellows author a number of reports that hit on pressing issues and topics. …Continue Reading
Priced Out: Persistence of the Workforce Housing Gap in the Washington, D.C., Metro Area
Despite recent shifts in the regional housing market, land values and home prices in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area remain unattainable for a large potion of workforce households. While the metro area as a whole experienced an increase in affordability over the past few years, this study finds the workforce households-those with incomes 60 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI)—are priced out of rental and for-sale housing proximate to major employment centers.
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Priced Out: Persistence of the Workforce Housing Gap in the San Francisco Bay Area
Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area is persistantly and pervasively unaffordable despite the recent economic and housing market downturn. If current trends are any indication, housing production between 2009 and 2025 will leave unmet demand for at least 6,000 for-sale housing units appropriate for workforce households.
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Housing in America: The Next Decade
The housing markets in the United States are at an inflection point. As the economy recovers from its current turmoil, markets will stabilize, but the old “normal” will not return. Once-nascent trends will emerge as major drivers, creating new markets in new places. Those who fail to understand these new trends will miss opportunities or find themselves building what is no longer in demand.
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The Boston Regional Challenge: Examining the Costs and Impacts of Housing and Transportation on Area Residents, their Neighborhoods and the Environment
This report analyzes the combined costs of housing and transportation for neighborhoods, cities, and towns throughout a Boston regional study area that extends south to Providence, Rhode Island; west to Worcester, Massachusetts; and northeast to Dover, New Hampshire….Continue Reading
Beltway Burden: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation in the Greater Washington DC Metropolitan Area
This report provides a comprehensive examination of the “cost of place” in the Washington, DC, region, presenting a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction look at the combined housing and transportation cost burdens for households in the metropolitan area. …Continue Reading
Priced Out: Persistence of the Workforce Housing Gap in the Boston Metro Area
This report examines the availability of for-sale and rental housing near six major employment hubs in the Boston area, specifically in terms of housing that is affordable to workforce households, or those with incomes ranging from 60 percent to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI). Approximately 23 percent – or more than 600,000 households fall in this income range. The analysis was based on proximity of workforce housing within a 30- to 45-minute in-traffic commute of the employment centers of downtown Boston, Route 128 North, Route 128 West, Framingham, Route 128 South, and Route 3 North….Continue Reading
America’s Housing Policy–the Missing Piece: Affordable Workforce Rentals
These demographic changes will put tremendous pressure on the demand for affordable rental housing, particularly in high-cost metropolitan markets. Moreover, for many households, renting may in fact be the only option as tighter mortgage underwriting standards preclude homeownership or delay the decision to purchase. …Continue Reading
Bay Area Burden: Examining the Costs and Impacts of Housing and Transportation on Bay Area Residents, Their Neighborhoods, and the Environment
Bay Area Burden provides a comprehensive analysis of the “cost of place” in nine counties located throughout the San Francisco region by examining the costs and impacts of housing and transportation on Bay Area residents, their neighborhoods, and the environment….Continue Reading