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The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released the latest version of its annual report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2024. The report combines analyses of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Freddie Mac, the…
NLIHC released on March 14 its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. This year’s report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7.3 million affordable and available rental homes. As a result, nearly three-quarters of renters with extremely low incomes…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced new efforts on March 5 to increase housing supply. These actions include updated guidance for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, clarifications to the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program to simplify the process…
A study published recently in the Journal of Urban Affairs, “The Dynamics of Housing Cost Burden among Renters in the United States,” reveals that the share of renters experiencing housing cost burdens has grown over the last 50 years and that experiences of housing cost burden are becoming longer…