Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann
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July 20, 2022
In 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large and growing share of renters were cost-burdened, according to a Center analysis of new experimental data from the…
Alexander Hermann, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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June 29, 2022
For the first time in a decade, housing cost burdens worsened significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to our analysis of new data from the US Census…
Since it was enacted at the end of 2020, the federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program has helped millions of renters get caught up on rent payments. An analysis I…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann
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February 8, 2021
It’s been well-documented that households of color, especially those who rent or have lower incomes, have been particularly hard-hit, economically, by the pandemic. Last…
Samara Scheckler, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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August 5, 2020
While older adults are more susceptible to COVID-19, households headed by older adults have been more insulated from the economic effects of the pandemic, according to our…
In about a third of all households—and in at least 40 percent of black and Hispanic households—at least one person works in a job that requires them be close to other people…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann
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May 26, 2020
Renters living in single-family homes and smaller multifamily buildings, along with the owners of those properties, are more likely to be negatively affected by the COVID-19…
COVID-19 will have many effects on housing markets in the coming weeks and years. One of the near-term consequences of the spread of and response to the virus is likely to be…
A record 26.2 million people have filed unemployment claims in just five weeks as the economic impact of COVID-19 sweeps the country. With millions of people out of work,…
While it is too early to know how COVID-19 will affect rental markets, early signs suggest another slowdown in demand is coming. Already, leasing activity is down at a time…