NMHC & Third-Party Affordable Housing Research

NMHC Research Reports

• Middle Market Rentals: Hiding in Plain Sight
  The first comprehensive study of the equity, debt and brokerage opportunities in the middle rental market. (May 2004)

• Research Notes: Affordable Rental Housing
  While previous research suggests affordability problems have risen more rapidly for owners than renters, this issue of Research Notes provides some background on affordability in the apartment market. (May 2001)

• NMHC Article: A Stubborn Affordable Housing Problem
  NMHC's President, Doug Bibby, explores creative solutions to the nation's affordable housing shortage. (May 2007)

Third-Party Research Reports

• Harvard Report on the State of America's Rental Housing
  Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies’ report on the state of rental housing sector. This report provides useful information on market conditions, renter demographics and the rental housing stock. (May 2011)

• Paycheck to Paycheck: Interactive Database of Wages and Housing Costs
  How many teachers can afford to live in your community? This Center for Housing Policy of the National Housing Conference database presents wage information for more than 60 occupations and home prices and rents for nearly 200 metropolitan areas.

• America's Rental Housing: Homes for a Diverse Nation
  Valuable research by Harvard University analyzing the dynamics of the rental housing sector. (March 2006)