Rent Burden
Homeownership Increasingly Out of Reach
From the United States to the United Kingdom, housing costs are eating up a larger percentage of household income.
Arlington to Open Housing Voucher Waiting List
Despite a high need in the area, it’s been more than a decade since the Virginia city last opened applications for housing vouchers.
Pandemic Relief Programs Prevented Homelessness Despite Housing Burden
A new study highlights the important role of emergency relief funding and eviction bans in stemming the rise of homelessness even as more families became housing-insecure.
Report: More Than Half of Harris County Households Cost-Burdened
Using a measurement that takes into account more factors in addition to housing costs, a new report from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research sheds light on the true crisis facing Houston-area renters.
Growing Numbers of Ohio Renters at Risk of Eviction
Data released by the state shows a growing number of Ohio households are spending ore than half of their income on housing.
Dissecting the Latest State of the Nation’s Housing Report
The annual report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies highlights a growing rent burden for low- and middle-income families.
Miami Ranked Least Affordable U.S. Housing Market
South Florida residents are spending as much as 79 percent of their income on housing.
Analysis: Pandemic Housing Relief Prevented Millions of Evictions
Federal data reveals that millions of Americans could have faced eviction without emergency housing aid distributed during the pandemic.
San Francisco Rents Cheaper Now Than in 2020
Though ‘cheap’ is a relative term.
U.S. Now Thoroughly Rent Burdened
Average U.S. rent burden reached 30 percent for the first time ever at the end of 2022, according to a recent analysis.
Over 40 Percent of U.S. Tenants Are ‘Rent Burdened’
Despite a small downturn in average rents at the end of last year, American renter households continue to struggle with unaffordable housing costs.
Colorado Voters to Weigh in on Affordable Housing Measures
Around the state, measures aimed at increasing tax revenues for affordable housing and limiting the impact of out-of-town investors are up for a vote next week.
Report: Nevada Housing Shortage Worst in the Nation
Nevada’s explosive growth is creating a severe housing shortage, with the state needing almost 80,000 affordable housing units to meet demand.
D.C.'s Housing and Homelessness Crises Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
To reduce homelessness, advocates say, build more affordable housing.
Report Breaks Down Pandemic Rent Burdens by State and Metro Area
The share of U.S. households facing rent debt is decreasing as the economy begins to recover from the pandemic, but rent debt is still concentrated by geography and demographics around the country.
Coping With Rent Burden
The rent eats first, they say. But how do people survive when the rent also eats almost everything?
Fresno Feeling Stress of California Housing Crisis
While the Central Valley city was long considered relatively affordable, rents are rising and affordable housing is harder to come by.
Report Digs Into the Unique Needs of the Miami Housing Market
Miami doesn’t get as much attention as cities like New York City and San Francisco for the cost of housing, but 61 percent of renters in the city are cost-burdened, and 71 percent of the city's residents are residents.
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.
Is Residual Income a Better Metric for Housing Affordability?
The common metric for measuring housing affordability—whether households pay more than 30 percent of their income on shelter—has its downsides. Looking at residual income offers more precision in some respects.
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