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Study Finds Households in Multifamily Rental Housing Face Greatest Heat Risk

Heat is the leading cause of weather-related death in the United States. A new paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Housing and Urban Heat: Assessing Risk Disparities,” finds that households in single-family homes face the least heat risk, while households in market-rate multifamily housing…

Investors Buy Record Share of Homes in 2021, Increasing Rental Prices

A new report by Redfin, “Real Estate Investors Are Buying a Record Share of U.S. Homes,” finds that investors bought 18.4% of all homes sold during the fourth quarter of 2021 – the highest ever share of homes purchased by investors. More than 80,000 homes were purchased by investors in the second,…

New Housing Report Released by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies

The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University released a new report, America’s Rental Housing 2022, on January 21. The report finds that the rental housing market rebounded in 2021, resulting in low vacancy rates and increased rents, while many low-income renters continued to…