The National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association released U.S. Apartment Demand – A Forward Look, which estimates the future national demand for rental housing through…
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). The State of the Nation’s Housing. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1kKwpkW
Source: NLIHC calculation of a national weighted-average Fair Market Rent; NLIHC calculation of affordable rent for average renter wage based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) QCEW, 2015 adjusted…
Out of Reach 2017: The High Cost of Housing
NLIHC released Out of Reach 2017 on June 8. The report’s Housing Wage is the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest apartment while…
A report by Zillow Research, Rents Are Climbing Faster in Suburban than Urban Areas, shows that for the first time in four years the median monthly cost of a suburban rental home had a greater year-…
The Federal Reserve Board released its fourth annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households on May 19. The report is based on a Federal Reserve survey of households’ economic well-being…
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
President Trump is expected to release his full FY2018 budget proposal tomorrow. We got a detailed preview through a leaked document on Friday, May 19. If…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue faced tough questions from representatives on the House Agriculture Committee about the administration’s proposal to eliminate the…
A study by Sandra J. Newman and Scott Holupka, “Race and Assisted Housing,” published in Housing Policy Debate explores racial disparities between black and white families with children living in…
