Rental Housing

Rental housing is home to more than a third of US households, including a growing number of older and wealthier households. Our biennial America’s Rental Housing report and other publications analyze key trends and issues related to the changing nature of demand; the cost, character, and location of the stock; and the government policies that affect the supply of market-rate and subsidized units.

Reports & Papers

Cover of the paper "How Are Landlords Faring During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from a National Cross-Site Survey."

How Are Landlords Faring During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from a National Cross-Site Survey

August 25, 2021

Elijah de la Campa, Vincent J. Reina, Chris Herbert

Cover of the paper "Renters’ Responses to Financial Stress During the Pandemic."

Renters’ Responses to Financial Stress During the Pandemic

April 8, 2021

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Ben Demers, Solomon Greene, Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, David Luberoff, Sophia Wedeen

Cover of the paper" The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Landlords."

The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Landlords: Survey Evidence from Albany and Rochester, New York

March 11, 2021

Elijah de la Campa

Cover of the paper "Rent Eats First."

The Rent Eats First: Rental Housing Unaffordability in the US

January 13, 2021

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen

Interactives

Single-Family and Large Multifamily Properties Drove Rental Growth in the Last Decade

Single-Family and Large Multifamily Properties Drove Rental Growth in the Last Decade

January 30, 2020

Rental growth over the last ten years has been driven by single-family and large multifamily rentals...

Cost Burdens Rise for Middle-Income Households in Most Metros

Cost Burdens Rise for Middle-Income Households in Most Metros

January 30, 2020

Cost-burdened (severely cost-burdened) households pay more than 30% (more than 50%) of income for housing...

Blog

Elijah de la Campa

How Has the Pandemic Affected Landlords?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

As has been well documented, the financial consequences of the COVID-19 crisis have been severe, particularly...

Alexander Hermann

Alexander Hermann

Senior Research Analyst

Young Families and the Growing Number of New Single-Family Rentals

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

While still a relatively small share of all new housing, record numbers of single-family rentals were built in...