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The Wall Street Journal

Rent Strike Planned for May 1 as Pain of Coronavirus Deepens

About one-third of U.S. households are renters, and nearly half of them were paying more than 30% of their incomes on rent and utilities before the coronavirus pandemic struck, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Forbes

Renters In Crisis: Housing Experts Say Canceling Rent Isn’t The Best Answer

Considering that renters are a financially vulnerable demographic, there is no doubt that massive waves of evictions could be coming. A report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) found that 25% of all renters in 2018 spent more than half of their income on housing.

The New York Times

How to Protest When You’re Ordered Not to Gather

Housing activists are trying to raise their voices despite social distancing. The United States had a housing crisis long before the new coronavirus: in 2018, about a quarter of tenants — close to 25 million people — paid over half their income on rent, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

Yahoo

Coronavirus and economic uncertainty put home renovation market on ice

After three years of 6% to 7% growth, the home renovation market is now projected to stop growing and even shrink by the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA), a quarterly measure of remodeling activity by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

NBC

Coronavirus economy could burst America's big-city rent bubble

The months ahead could bring a construction slowdown caused by a skittish luxury market, while landlords could face their own cash crunches as renters default, said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a research associate at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

US News & World Report

Cities Must do More to Protect Older Homeless Americans From COVID-19

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found that in 2019 in California, 35% of renters ages 65 to 79, and 42% of renters 80 or older, were rent-burdened, meaning that more than half of their incomes went to housing. The job losses and economic strains resulting from the coronavirus crisis are placing many more at risk of losing their homes.