Housing Affordability
A growing number of working families are struggling to find housing they can afford. Federal, state and local governments must reduce barriers to developing more rental housing and leverage the strength of the private sector to both produce new housing and preserve existing apartments. Read our Fact Sheet to learn more.
Featured News
The House Committee on Financial Services held a timely and important hearing on how federal action can reduce government-driven barriers to housing production.
Featured Article
Our analysis suggests that job growth has had a meaningful, positive impact on multifamily rents over the past few decades (after accounting for new supply, which has put downward pressure on rents).
Fact Sheet
The widespread lack of affordable rental housing is holding our economy back. View more information on affordable housing, in addition to the NMHC/NAA viewpoint.
Housing Equity Guide
NMHC, working with Enterprise Community Partners, created this Guide as a resource to help highlight ways that multifamily housing can help improve outcomes for underserved populations by supporting the advancement of housing equity in communities across the country.
Toolkit
The Housing Affordability Toolkit helps guide discussions regarding specific housing affordability policies, tools, and incentives. It is divided into six sections and each section delves into a specific component of addressing the affordability challenge.
Podcast
NMHC’s president, Sharon Wilson Géno, discusses advocating for the production of, and access to, more market rate and affordable housing. Listen to the podcast for a bright vision for the future of multifamily and what that could mean for solving America’s affordable housing crisis.
- NMHC Hosts Joint Congressional Staff Briefing on Housing Opportunity
- Congress Hears from NMHC Vice Chair Julie Smith on Urgent Need to Increase Housing Supply
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining
- Senate Passes the ROAD to Housing Act
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Updates
- 2024 NMHC State of Multifamily Risk Survey & Report: Elevated Costs and Increased Risk Continue to Threaten Housing Affordability
- Behind the High Cost of Rent
- Building Blocks: How Tax Incentives Lay the Foundation for Housing Growth
- Source of Income Laws By State, County and City
- NMHC Report: Rent Regulation Policy in the United States
