Housing Affordability & Cost Burden

Every year, Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) releases the State of the Nation’s Housing, a report that presents data on the country’s housing market, demographic trends, rental housing, homeownership, and housing challenges. This year’s report, released on June 22,…

A new paper published in Sociological Spectrum, “Renting Under Racial Capitalism: Residential Segregation and Rent Exploitation in the United States,” examines the relationship between rent exploitation and racial segregation, housing cost burdens, evictions, and other factors at the neighborhood…

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) released a new report on April 1, “Housing for the Golden Years: Trends, Gaps, and Solutions for Older Americans.” The report examines shifting demographic trends and supply gaps in the availability of affordable, accessible…

The National Equity Atlas released a report, “The Shrinking Geography of Opportunity in Metro America,” demonstrating the extent to which affordable housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods has declined in recent years, particularly for low-income, Black, and Latino households. The report finds…