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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…

Pandemic-related income losses, rising housing costs, and inflation in the cost of basic necessities have put a comfortable standard of living out of reach for many Americans…

There are always surprising and interesting data points that emerge as we work on our reports, but America’s Rental Housing 2022 was stunning in the sheer number of record-…

Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates and driving up rents, according to our new America’s Rental Housing…

What role does housing play in creating livable neighborhoods that help residents of all ages, incomes, and abilities to thrive? That question was a key part of our recent…

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…

The rental housing affordability crisis that existed even before COVID-19 has left millions of households burdened by rent with little income left over for other needs. In a…

Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) are neighborhoods where older adults make up a large share of the population, but which were not specifically designed or…

Last month, we released a co-authored report with the AARP Public Policy Institute examining the characteristics of neighborhoods scoring highly on AARP’s Livability Index…