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Housing Policy
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DataRent Control
Does rent control actually work?
Rent freezes are usually argued in theory. Three cities have now run the experiment against a neighbor that did not, and…
Jennifer Han·
NewsHousing Policy
Nantucket will pay landlords $18,000 to keep renting to locals and freeze the rent
Nantucket is trying something unusual: paying landlords who already rent year-round to keep doing it, with a rent cap at…
Henry Jo·
GuidesData
Fair Market Rent (HUD) isn't the Market Rate, and in Phoenix it's 29% Higher
In Phoenix the HUD-derived two-bedroom figure runs about 29% above actual market rent, while in New York it runs about 2…
Henry Jo·
rentatlanta
New Federal Housing Law Caps Investor Home Buying, and Institutional Investors are adjusting
A sweeping new housing law bars big investors from owning more than 350 single-family homes, but carves out build-to-ren…
Henry Jo·
rentlabor force
Rising Rents Are Pushing Young Men Home, Out of Work, and Away From Marriage, a Study Finds
A new study draws a direct line from decades of rising rents to more noncollege-educated men living with their parents, …
Jennifer Han·
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