Publications

This report explores community concerns over the potential limitation of wealth creation in shared equity homeownership programs and how to best balance permanent affordability and asset building in these programs. 

This report finds that the average working household in the Washington, DC metro area spends over $36,000 a year -- or 47 percent of their income -- on the combined costs of housing and transportation.

As a complement to the report, the Terwilliger Center also released the Terwilliger Cost Calculator, which provides consumers with up-to-date Washington, D.C. metro area housing and transportation cost data that they can use to make informed decisions on where to live and work.

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Part of a series of research briefs highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, this brief profiles the research of Sandra J. Newman, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, to understand how affordable housing affects the lives of its occupants.

Part of a series of research briefs highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, this brief examines how data analysis is helping states and localities to preserve the stock of affordable rental housing.

Part of a series of research briefs highlighting the findings and policy implications of housing policy research, this brief synthesizes the findings of several reviews of research examining whether affordable housing causes a decline in nearby property values.