National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Guide on U.S. Apartment Affordability
The National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach tool shows how much someone needs to earn to afford a modest apartment in the U.S.
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Enterprise Community Partner’s Guide: Impact of Affordable Housing on Families and Communities
Learn about the impact of stable and affordable housing on families and communities with this piece by Enterprise Community Partners.
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Housing Affordability and Economic Growth
This research article explores whether a lack of affordable housing in the U.S. is negatively impacting the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
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America’s Rental Housing in 2022
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University reviews America’s rental housing for 2022 in this report.
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Tracking America’s Affordable Rental Housing Shortage
The National Low Income Housing Coalition put together a resource tracking America’s shortage of affordable rental housing. See the number of extremely low-income renter households in each state and more.
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Case Study: Seattle’s MFTE Program
This case study by Fannie Mae looks at what happened when Seattle developed the Multifamily Tax Exemption Program (MFTE) to address the Seattle metro area’s declining housing affordability.
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FHFA’s 2023 Very Cost-Burdened and Cost-Burdened Renter Multifamily Markets
FHFA’s 2023 list of certain U.S. counties that are designated as Cost-Burdened or Very Cost-Burdened. The tables below provide a listing of all counties falling into these categories and their associated parent MSAs. https://multifamilyimpactcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023.1-FHFA-Cost-Burdened-and-Very-Cost-Burdened-Markets.pdf
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Making a case for Affordability as a Tool
CREA publishes an article addressing the economic inequalities across the United States, particularly around homeownership and affordable housing.
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How Housing Cost Burden Affects Children’s Development
Housing cost burden affects the development of children living in low- and moderate-income housing. This article summarizes the evidence of the effects of housing affordability on children’s cognitive achievement and how more significant expenditures on child enrichment by families in…
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