In the Media

To help consumers understand which areas of the United States have the most and least affordable homes, we gathered and analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Between 1990 and 2017, the national stock of rental housing grew by 10.9 million units, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Over that same time, the number of units renting for less than $600 a month in inflation-adjusted dollars fell by 4 million. All net growth in rental housing in America, in other words, has been for higher-income tenants.

Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies projects that annual household growth from 2018-2028 will average 1.2 million households per year, which is 20% higher than the prior 5-year average.

The most salient issue in the current housing market is the lack of supply, says Chris Herbert, managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

Peter Lynn’s tenure has been marked by a frustrating contradiction: Even as voters have approved new funding for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s efforts, homelessness has continued to surge.

New research from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that households in their preretirement years, age 50 to 64, are less likely to own a home than prior generations, have suffered from stagnant income growth since 2000, and are more debt-burdened, including by student loans.

Home prices in Dallas grew 42% between 2006 and 2018, fourth most in the US over that time. As homelessness rises across Texas, Houston has emerged as a national leader in tackling the problem.

When one out of three US households will be headed by someone over 65 by 2035, the real estate industry understands the demand, and is focused on taking advantage of the opportunity this shift offers.

Abbe Will, Associate Project Director of the Remodeling Futures Program, explains how new data suggests renovation and maintenance spending is about to decline over the next year for the first time in a decade.

According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, more than 25 percent of all rural residents are also burdened by housing costs, with the rates even higher among those who rent.