Housing Cost Burdens

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‘Worrying Trend’: Number of Housing Cost-Burdened Seniors At All-Time High

Nearly 11.2 million older adults in the U.S. are spending more than 30 percent of their household income on housing.

February 7, 2024 - Novogradac

Multi-Family Housing

Housing Prices Soar Out of Reach in More U.S. Cities

There are multiple lessons to take from a recent rental housing, but a big one is how the housing crisis is expanding beyond the largest U.S. cities.

February 3, 2020 - Bloomberg

New York Apartments

Tough Times for Low- and Middle Income Renters

The annual report on the rental housing market by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University shows how far and deep the housing affordability crisis has reached.

February 2, 2020 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Arlington Virginia

The Far-Reaching Effects of the Housing Crisis

When housing costs are high, lower-income residents are not the only ones who end up struggling.

January 14, 2020 - WAMU

San Francisco Apartments

Research: Low-Cost Rental Housing Disappears While Rental Stock Grows

There are more rental units in the United States than ever, but fewer of them are available at low cost, so there are more cost-burdened renters than ever, according to new research.

September 18, 2019 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Philadelphia Rowhouse

Housing Costs Rise for Philly's Poorest Residents, Fall for the Wealthy

Poor households in Philadelphia are spending nearly much on housing as wealthy residents. And while costs for the wealthy are going down, costs for the poor continue to rise.

May 1, 2019 - Plan Philly

Frederick Maryland

Where Americans Are Most Likely to Live With Housing Cost Burdens

New analysis reveals the geographic patterns of housing cost burdens in the United States.

April 5, 2019 - CityLab

Gilpin County, Colorado

The Rural Housing Affordability Crisis

The number of cost-burdened households in rural parts of the United States is increasing quickly.

April 3, 2019 - Stateline

Downtown Boston

Spatial Mismatch's Far-Reaching Effects

When workers can't afford to live near jobs, the results are more than just housing cost burdens.

March 8, 2019 - Pacific Standard

Washington

When Rents Rise But Wages Don't

Renters in smaller metropolitan areas are struggling to deal with the realities of rising rent and stagnant wages. At least wages have increased in high-priced areas.

December 13, 2017 - The Spokesman-Review

Minneapolis Celebration

Housing Not Keeping Pace With Employment in the Twin Cities

The Twin Cities provide a case study for the role of the housing market in regional employment markets.

August 10, 2017 - Urban Land Magazine

Empty Parking Garage

Carless Renters Still Get Stuck With a $440 Million Bill

A new study provides evidence of how the incredibly high costs of parking get spread around—even to people who don't have cars.

August 20, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

Study: 'Severely Cost-Burdened Renters' Could Increase 25 Percent

A study by Enterprise Community Partners and Harvard's Joint Center on Housing Studies includes dire predictions about the future of an already-deeply-troubled rental market.

September 22, 2015 - Bloomberg Business

America's Unequal Housing Recovery

Home prices are rising throughout the U.S., signaling a sustained recovery of the housing market. But declining homeownership rates and record levels of burdensome housing costs point to a recovery that's only benefiting some Americans.

June 27, 2013 - Housing Perspectives

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