Listing of Housing Research Repository Articles Focusing on Housing Affordability & Cost Burden.
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By Esther Colón-Bermúdez, NLIHC Research Analyst An article published in Cities, “Aging, housing affordability, and homelessness,” examines the connections between aging, incomes, and homelessness. The research finds that areas with more extremely low-income renters and older adult households…
By Esther Colón-Bermúdez, NLIHC Research Analyst The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its annual report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025, on June 24. The report highlights that half of all renters in 2023—a record 22.6 million—were housing cost-burdened,…
A report published by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, “Options for Addressing Rent Burdens through the Tax Code: Considerations for Designing a Renter’s Tax Credit,” details key questions for policymakers to consider when designing a tax credit to address the high costs of rental housing…
A paper released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, “Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability Challenges,” discusses the rise in housing cost burdens among middle-income renters – typically those earning between 60…