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 "The Geography of Renter Financial Distress and Housing Insecurity During the Pandemic."

The Geography of Renter Financial Distress and Housing Insecurity During the Pandemic

January 25, 2023

Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Chris Herbert

Cover of the paper "The Potential for Supporting Low-Income Renters Through Transportation Spending Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Beyond."

The Potential for Supporting Low-Income Renters Through Transportation Spending Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Beyond

January 20, 2023

Yonah Freemark, Riordan Frost, Carlos Martín, Jorge Morales-Burnett, Francisco Montes

Cover of the paper "Digitalization and Housing Framing Paper for 'Bringing Digitalization Home: How Can Technology Address Housing Challenges?'"

Digitalization and Housing: Framing Paper for “Bringing Digitalization Home: How Can Technology Address Housing Challenges?”

October 24, 2022

David Luberoff, Chris Herbert

Cover of the paper "The Short-Term Benefits of Emergency Rental Assistance."

The Short-Term Benefits of Emergency Rental Assistance

June 14, 2022

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki

Interactives

2020 Cost Burden map

Renters Were Particularly Burdened in the First Year of the Pandemic

June 22, 2022

In 2020, the nationwide share of households paying over a third of their income for housing climbed...

Map of the loss of low-cost rental units

Every State Has Lost Low-Rent Units Since 2011

January 21, 2022

Every state in the US has lost units that rent for under $600.

Blog

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki

Senior Research Associate

Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households

Monday, April 17, 2023

More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have been very...

Corinna Anderson

Corinna Anderson

Publications Coordinator

Practicing Community: Bernheimer Architecture’s Affordable Housing

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s Dunlop Lecture...