Affordable Housing
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.
Talking Points
Because we have unprecedented demand after years of underbuilding. This resource will help you reframe the conversation to the real reasons rents are rising.
Featured Report
NMHC’s Research Foundation seeks to answer this question in new research commissioned from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.
Fact Sheet
More information on affordable housing, in addition to the NMHC/NAA viewpoint.
Read MoreToolkit
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.
- NMHC’s Post-Recess Outlook: What’s On the Table, Why We’re Engaged and How it Will Impact the Industry
- Rent Control Fights Across the Country
- Multifamily Units Under Construction are Up, But Demand for Apartments Remains
- Senate Focuses on Rental Housing Industry As Part of ‘Rent Eats First’ Hearing
- White House Summit Focuses on Eviction Mitigation, Renter Assistance
- Rent Control Is What’s On the Menu
- What You Need to Know: Emergency Rental Assistance Program
- Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) Fact Sheet
- NMHC NAA Statement on White House Eviction Reform Summit
- Real Estate Coalition Comments on Fair Market Rents
- NAA NMHC Statement for the Record SBC 8.4
- The Housing Affordability Challenge
- NMHC and NAA Senate Finance Statement on Affordable Housing Tax Incentives
- ACTION Coalition Letter to Treasury Regarding Community Development Tax Incentives
- What You Need to Know: Emergency Rental Assistance Program
- U.S. Apartment Demand Through 2035
- Rent Control Laws by State
- NMHC-NAHB Cost of Regulations Report (2022)
- Source of Income Laws By State, County and City
- 2022 Rent Control Forecast
- Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies: America’s Rental Housing 2022 Report
