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HUD published on August 9 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress, showing that 8.3 million unassisted very low income households in America spend more than half of their income on their housing, live in severely substandard housing, or both. The number of households experiencing this…
A new study by Kyle Barron, Edward Kung, and Davide Prosperpio, The Sharing Economy and Housing Affordability: Evidence from Airbnb, finds that a 10% increase in Airbnb listings in a neighborhood leads to a 0.39% increase in rents. Airbnb’s impact is stronger in neighborhoods with more absentee…
The spring 2017 issue of Shelterforce features a series of articles that examine the standard measure of housing affordability that a household should spend no more than 30% of its income on housing costs. Several articles in the publication explore the 30% standard’s strength and weaknesses, and…
A report from Zillow, How to Save on Rent: Don’t Move, finds that renters who renew their lease typically pay less rent than those who move. In 2015, renters who moved in the past year paid 47% more in rent than those who had stayed in their current apartment for at least five years. The difference…