How are rising interest rates affecting housing affordability? In our inaugural episode, learn about how the Joint Center for Housing Studies got its name,  what history can teach us about today’s housing market, and how impact fees influence the construction of starter homes.

How can we help educators and essential  workers afford homes in the communities where they work? While some school districts are building housing for their teachers, new models such as shared appreciation down payment programs enable essential workers to buy homes by reducing the down payment savings barrier and increasing their buying power.

What if a community land trust and a social impact fund got together and had a baby? Meet the Trust Neighborhoods mixed income neighborhood trust (MINT) model.

Hear how civic technology platform Outreach Grid is making it easier for service providers, case managers, homeless shelters, and other stakeholders to support better outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.

What happens when banks don’t provide mortgages to  home buyers who are purchasing very inexpensive homes? John Green and the Blackstar Stability team set out to find a way to support the families caught in these predatory lending relationships and empower equitable ownership outcomes by transitioning these loans into traditional financial products.

How can we support the most vulnerable populations in our community when they experience homelessness? Impact Justice’s Homecoming Project takes a popular idea – home sharing - and applies it to a non-traditional population – formerly incarcerated individuals exiting the justice system.

How do zoning rules affect housing affordability? Hear about the effort to digitize, demystify, and democratize those 30,000 different zoning codes with the National Zoning Atlas – the first-ever effort to compile this information at a national scale.