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Double Issue

Volume 19, Number 1

Editors
Mark D. Shroder
Michelle P. Matuga

Symposium
Home Equity Conversion Mortgages

Guest Editor's Introduction
William Reid

Reverse Mortgage Collateral: Undermaintenance or Overappraisal?
Kevin A. Park

HECM and Property Tax Relief for Seniors
Silda Nikaj and Joshua J. Miller

Financial Sustainability and the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage: Advancing Fiscal Soundness and Affordable Financing for Senior Homeowners
Edward J. Szymanoski, Alven Lam, and Christopher Feather

Reverse Mortgage Motivations and Outcomes: Insights From Survey Data
Stephanie Moulton, Cäzilia Loibl, and Donald Haurin

The Reverse Mortgage Market in Japan and Its Challenges
Masahiro Kobayashi, Shoichiro Konishi, and Toshihiko Takeishi

The HECM Program in a Snapshot
George R. Carter III and Joshua J. Miller

Symposium
Transforming Communities

Guest Editor's Introduction
William Lambe, Theresa Singleton, and Susan Wachter

Opportunity and Housing Access
Arthur Acolin and Susan Wachter

Revamping Local and Regional Development Through Place-Based Strategies
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie

The Role of Skills and Jobs in Transforming Communities
Harry J. Holzer

Education Reform in the Post-NCLB Era: Lessons Learned for Transforming Urban Public Education
Matthew P. Steinberg and Rand Quinn

Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works?
Lance Freeman and Jenny Schuetz

Point of Contention: Middle-Class Subsidies

Waste of a Scarce Resource
Barbara Sard

The Goldilocks Dilemma of Moderate-Income Housing Subsidies: Finding the “Just Right” Amount for the Missing Middle
Kurt Paulsen

Fiscal Federalism and Middle-Income Housing Subsidies
Ingrid Gould Ellen

Leveraging More-Precise Governmental Support To Ensure the Middle Doesn’t Go Missing
Carol Galante

Refereed Papers

Can Administrative Housing Data Replace Survey Data?
Emily Molfino, Gizem Korkmaz, Sallie A. Keller, Aaron Schroeder, Stephanie Shipp, and Daniel H. Weinberg

Departments

Data Shop: New Public Data Available on USDA Rural Housing Service’s Single-Family and Multifamily Programs
Corianne Payton Scally and David Lipsetz

Graphic Detail: Housing Tenure and Affordability Relative to Communities of Opportunity in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area
John C. Huggins

Affordable Design: 2016 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Housing and Urban Development Design Awards
compiled by Rachelle L. Levitt and Regina Gray

Correction: What Have We Learned About the Causes of Recent Gentrification?
Jackelyn Hwang and Jeffrey Lin

 

 

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