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A report by New York University’s Furman Center and Capital One titled Renting In America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas shows that growth in the rental housing stock in the 11 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. has not kept pace with the growth of the renter population. Rental markets have…
An article published by Housing Policy Debate titled “How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?” examines transportation costs for residents living in Section 8 multifamily properties. The study’s authors, Shima Hamidi, Reid Ewing, and John Renne, estimate that households in the typical Section 8…
Mark Uh, a researcher at Trulia, finds that the homeownership rate has dropped 5% in the 50 largest metropolitan areas since the Great Recession, while the renter-occupancy rate has increased by 5% from 36.1% to 41.1% of all households. The increase in renting occurred across all demographics, but…
The National Housing Conference released their annual Housing Landscape 2016 report, which examines housing affordability trends for low to moderate income (LMI) working households. LMI working households are defined as those with at least one household member working on average at least 20 hours a…