The Washington metropolitan region’s housing supply deficiency is well-documented. According to the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), we need to build 7,000 apartments per year just to keep pace with demand and not fall further behind... Continue Reading
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The Washington metropolitan region’s housing supply deficiency is well-documented. According to the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), we need to build 7,000 apartments per year just to keep pace with demand and not fall further behind... Continue Reading
The Washington metropolitan region is fully embroiled in a crisis of affordability, driven by a stark imbalance between our existing housing supply and that needed to accommodate current and future projected demand. Compounding this dilemma further are the skyrocketing costs of providing rental... Continue Reading
The Washington metropolitan region is fully embroiled in a crisis of affordability, driven by a stark imbalance between our existing housing supply and that needed to accommodate current and future projected demand. Compounding this dilemma further are the skyrocketing costs of providing rental... Continue Reading
The Washington metropolitan region is fully embroiled in a crisis of affordability, driven by a stark imbalance between our existing housing supply and that needed to accommodate current and future projected demand. Compounding this dilemma further are the skyrocketing costs of providing rental... Continue Reading
The story of distress in the office sector has been well covered in recent months. The proliferation of remote and hybrid work has largely emptied downtowns, heavily reduced foot traffic to local businesses that once catered to downtown employees, and resulted in employers looking to downsize... Continue Reading
The story of distress in the office sector has been well covered in recent months. The proliferation of remote and hybrid work has largely emptied downtowns, heavily reduced foot traffic to local businesses that once catered to downtown employees, and resulted in employers looking to downsize... Continue Reading
The story of distress in the office sector has been well covered in recent months. The proliferation of remote and hybrid work has largely emptied downtowns, heavily reduced foot traffic to local businesses that once catered to downtown employees, and resulted in employers looking to downsize... Continue Reading
Economic forecasts paint a rather bleak picture for the future of the commercial office market; a concern that local and national media has begun to spotlight. The cascading impacts for our region and our nation over the next three to four years could be extremely significant. The COVID-19... Continue Reading
Is the Commercial Office Sector the Next Big Economic Bubble? Economic forecasts paint a rather bleak picture for the future of the commercial office market; a concern that local and national media has begun to spotlight. The cascading impacts for our region and our nation over the next three to... Continue Reading
Is the Commercial Office Sector the Next Big Economic Bubble? Economic forecasts paint a rather bleak picture for the future of the commercial office market; a concern that local and national media has begun to spotlight. The cascading impacts for our region and our nation over the next three to... Continue Reading
The Inequities of Rent Control Proponents of rent control often make a racial equity and social justice argument for capping rent. The theory goes that rent caps prevent vulnerable populations from being displaced. Volumes of academic research exist evaluating these and other arguments in favor... Continue Reading