Problem, research strategy, and findings: There is increasing interest in planning for healthy
communities, but little is known about how planners can affect mental health and wellbeing …

Few sociologists treat housing as a key independent variable, despite the emergence of
disparate bodies of research analyzing how housing affects outcomes that traditionally …

The recent global financial crisis has highlighted the potential conflict between improving
access to housing finance and maintaining financial stability. Using a new dataset on …

The fourth edition of Housing Policy in the United States refreshes its classic, foundational
coverage of the field with new data, analysis, and comparative focus. This landmark volume …

America has become a nation of homebodies. Rates of interstate mobility, by most
estimates, have been falling for decades. Interstate mobility rates are particularly low and …

Happiness is commonly thought of as an individual characteristic for which each person is
solely responsible. However, happiness is also a community characteristic influenced by …

This paper studies the relationship and mechanism between home ownership and
residential satisfaction in urban China using a large-sample survey data from Hangzhou city …

This article considers how housing location impacts the housing burden of low-income
residents. Specifically, it assesses the impact of distance to city centre on:(1) market price of …

In many respects, the notion that owning a home is an effective means of accumulating
wealth among low-income and minority households has been the keystone underlying …

This research investigated the growing numbers of middle-aged and older Australians who
are carrying mortgage debt into retirement and paying off higher levels of debt relative to …