Renting on the Rise across All Demographics
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%…
Severe Cost Burdens Decline for Low to Moderate Income Working Households
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…
CHA’s Transformation Improves Housing for Public and Private Renters Challenges Persist
The Urban Institute released on August 11 an overview report that examines the current living conditions and well-being of nearly 200 households from Madden/Wells, one of Chicago’s largest public…
New Study Looks at the Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation
A comprehensive study of combined housing and transportation costs released this week by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) reports that only 39% of American communities are affordable for…
Report: Housing Affordability for U.S. Working Households Declines
A study released in December reports that housing cost burdens for households have increased, despite declines in housing prices across the nation. The report, produced by the Center for Housing…
Chicago Tenants Face Increasing Rent Burden
Of Chicago’s 1.3 million renters, over half are paying more than one-third of their incomes on housing, the Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO) reports in a paper released September 15. The…
Census Assesses Barriers to Housing Affordability During Boom
At the height of the housing boom in 2004, 42% of American families (both current owners and renters) were unable to afford to purchase a modestly priced home with standard …
Study Shows Housing Costs Consume Increasing Share of Household Budget
A report released by the Center for Housing Policy on October 8 shows that many components of the typical household budget increased significantly faster than incomes between 1996 and 2006. During…
Foreclosures: Economic, Legal & Social Impact
TOPIC: Foreclosure STATE: Nevada TYPE: Slideshow DATE: February 2008 AUTHOR: Gail Burks, Nevada Fair Housing Center, Inc. DESCRIPTION: This presentation provides an overview of the…