Penn IUR: Populations Bouncing Back Thanks to Urban ‘Reinvention’

A new white paper just released by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, or Penn IUR, finds that after decades of urban decline, U.S. cities are growing again thanks in large part to their transition from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

Deborah Lang

Penn IUR Research Finds Borrowing Constraints Driving Homeownership Declines

A new brief just released by the Penn Institute for Urban Research finds that due to current borrowing constraints, many households are renting out of financial necessity rather than by choice. Further, the report finds that these constraints are underlying declining home ownership rates and instability in the housing market.

Deborah Lang

The Penn Institute for Urban Research Announces New Photo Contest

The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR), in collaboration with the Center for Public Health Initiatives, recently announced a photo contest on the theme of public health and the urban environmental landscape. The contest asks participants to submit images

Deborah Lang