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A publication by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), titled Chart Book: Federal Housing Spending Is Poorly Matched to Need, illustrates the extent to which federal housing expenditures disproportionately benefit higher income homeowners, while leaving 75% of qualified low income…
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…