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Housing affordability has been a growing concern across the US over the past three decades. Indeed, between 1990 and 2017, the number of units renting for under $600…

Rents rose faster than inflation in almost three-quarters of the nation’s major housing markets, according to analyses done for our latest America’s Rental…

While rental markets are cooling nationally, market conditions remain extremely tight at the low end of the market, offering little relief to affordability pressures faced by…

It’s not an illusion: low-cost rental housing in the US is disappearing. And our 2017 State of the Nation’s Housing report has the numbers to prove it. Using ACS data from…

The Joint Center recently released a working paper highlighting American consumers’ concerns and awareness of “healthy housing” issues, which include indoor air quality,…

Information about Americans' healthy housing concerns, including principles of indoor air and environmental quality, and surveys analyzing perceptions of homeowners, renters…

With the recent release of our America’s Rental Housing report, as well as the landmark international agreementon climate change reached in Paris, we took the opportunity to…

A major theme of the Joint Center’s 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing Report is the record growth in demand for rental units in recent years.  From 2010-14, the pace of…

The Joint Center’s new State of the Nation’s Housing report summarizes ongoing and emerging trends in U.S. rental markets.  Foremost among these is the strength of demand for…

According to data from the Energy Information Administration, American renters use nearly a third more energy per square foot than homeowners. What accounts for this…