While there is not yet national data on homelessness during the pandemic, recently released data show that the number of people experiencing homelessness in the United States…
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, homelessness was increasing across the country. As of January 2019, 568,000 people were experiencing homelessness, an increase of…
As people spend more time at home during the quarantines and shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, electricity use has partially shifted from the commercial and…
The COVID-19 pandemic began at a time when many Americans were already struggling to make ends meet, with an affordability crisis leaving many burdened by the rising costs of…
Packing boxes and moving trucks are a familiar experience for nearly everyone, whether their most recent move was last year or ten years ago. Americans have been moving much…
In the 1980s, nearly one in five Americans moved every year. About one in ten Americans moved between 2018 and 2019. Residential mobility rates have been falling for decades…
When I present research on residential mobility and migration in the United States, people are often surprised by the fact that many major US cities are growing but also…
The country is in the midst of a housing affordability crisis. As our recent State of the Nation’s Housing report points out, cost burdens remain near record highs for low-…
Student loan debt has increased substantially over the last two decades, as has the number of households deferring their student loan payments, according to Piling Ever…
Compared to 2013, a higher share of US households had outstanding student loans in 2016, and the typical borrower’s debt also increased markedly during that period, according…
