An estimated
12M
U.S. renters and homeowners pay more than half of their annual incomes for housing
A safe, affordable, and stable home is often the very foundation for economic stability.
Yet housing insecurity currently affects almost every community in the nation, and for millions of Americans an affordable place to call home remains out of reach. Housing is considered affordable if housing costs do not exceed 30% of a household’s income. An estimated 12 million renters and homeowners across the country pay more than half of their annual incomes for housing.
An estimated
12M
U.S. renters and homeowners pay more than half of their annual incomes for housing
Without affordable housing, people are more likely to fall behind on their rent or mortgage and face eviction or foreclosure. Research shows that without stable housing, children are more likely to struggle in school, and people of all ages are more likely to suffer from poor health outcomes.
Racial disparities in housing have persisted for decades as government policies, programs, and inaction have prevented many Black Americans from securing safe, stable, and affordable housing and building wealth. The fact that the government has offered substantial support to white Americans in their pursuit of safe and stable housing but denied that same support to Black Americans has never been redressed.
Explore Poverty Solutions’ research on affordable housing in the journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, news releases, and ongoing research projects listed below.
By Natasha Pilkauskas, Katherine Michelmore, and Nicole Kovski
Demography
By Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Kurt Metzger, and Christina Shaw
By Heather Newberry and Sara Hughes
Journal of Urban Affairs
By Leonymae Aumentado
By Alexa Eisenberg and Kate Brantley
By Gregory Bushman and Roshanak Mehdipanah
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
By Karen Ann Kling and Evelyn Zwiebach, with contributing authors Leonymae Aumentado and Patrick Cooney
By Alexa Eisenberg, Connor Wakayama, and Patrick Cooney
By Roshanak Mehdipanah, Kiana Bess, Steve Tomkowiak, Audrey Richardson, Carmen Stokes, Denise White Perkins, Suzanne Cleage, Barbara A. Israel, and Amy J. Schulz
Sustainability
By Ryan Ruggiero, Josh Rivera, and Patrick Cooney
By Alexa Eisenberg, Eric Seymour, and Joshua Akers
Health & Place
By Margaret Dewar, Lan Deng, and Melissa Bloem
Housing Policy Debate
By Natasha Pilkauskas and Katherine Michelmore
Demography
By Lan Deng and Jie Chen
Journal of Urban Affairs
News
News
News
Explore Poverty Solutions’ research on eviction and foreclosure prevention in the journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, news releases, and ongoing research projects listed below.
By Alexa Eisenberg and Kate Brantley
By Alexa Eisenberg and Kate Brantley
By Alexa Eisenberg and Katlin Brantley, with research assistance from Laura Meyer
By Margaret Dewar and Roshanak Mehdipanah
By Elizabeth Benton, Margaret Dewar, Robert Goodspeed, and Robert Gillett
By Robert Goodspeed, Elizabeth Benton, and Kyle Slugg
Housing Policy Debate
By Robert Goodspeed, Kyle Slugg, Margaret Dewar, and Elizabeth Benton
By Robert Goodspeed, Margaret Dewar, and Jim Schaafsma
By Patrick Cooney and Amanda Nothaft
By Alexa Eisenberg, Roshanak Mehdipanah, and Margaret Dewar
Housing Studies
By Joshua Akers and Eric Seymour
By Alexa Eisenberg, Roshanak Mehdipanah, Ted Phillips, and Michele Oberholtzer
News
News
News
Explore Poverty Solutions’ research on homelessness in the journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, news releases, and ongoing research projects listed below.
By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Amanda Nothaft
By Kasia Klasa, Naquia Unwala, Scott L. Greer, Julia A. Wolfson, and Charley E. Willison
By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Michael Blakeslee
By SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Safiya Merchant
By Michael Evangelist and H. Luke Shaefer
By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Payton Watt
By Jennifer Erb-Downward
By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Michael Evangelist
Poverty Solutions supports several projects that aim to promote a better understanding of the causes and consequences of homelessness and identify potential points of intervention.
Visit the Data Tools page for interactive maps that show eviction filing rates for Michigan census tracts, student homelessness rates by Michigan school district, and chronic absenteeism rates among homeless students at Michigan school districts.
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