While the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness has decreased over the last ten years, the number of older adults experiencing sheltered homelessness is on…
For the sixth year in a row, the number of units renting for less than $800 in the US fell sharply, according to our new State of the Nation’s Housing report. With a loss of…
For a variety of reasons, many public housing authorities (PHAs) have gone from being entirely public entities that just build and manage public housing to becoming “hybrid”…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Jennifer Molinsky
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April 2, 2019
Housing is a central component of family life and can provide a foundation for family well-being. While we typically think of family households as homeowners, renters are, in…
Riverside is a low-density neighborhood in the city of Columbus, Ohio that has a distinctly suburban feel. About three-quarters of the housing units are owner-occupied,…
The traditional image of suburbs in the United States is one of middle-class, white, family households owning single-family homes. But recent patterns of increasing poverty,…
Compared to older adults living in unassisted rental units, those living in assisted units are more likely to live in homes that have safety and accessibility features that…
Jennifer Molinsky, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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September 21, 2018
Due to both population growth and soaring housing costs, the number of adults age 65 and over struggling to afford housing is growing. The number of cost-burdened older…
The nation’s almost 21 million cost-burdened renter households are not just low-income or unemployed. Rather, as the Joint Center documented in its latest America…
While renters’ median housing costs rose, in real terms, by 11 percent between 2001 and 2016, their incomes fell by two percent, according to our latest America’s Rental…