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Housing the Middle Class

Over the past decade, housing costs in the U.S. have risen faster than average incomes. Middle-income families are increasingly facing affordability challenges, especially in urban areas with strong labor markets.

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July 16, 2020

When middle-class incomes collapse, how you gonna pay next month’s rent?
An apartment building on the east side of N. Church Street, which forms part of the boundary line between Congressional Districts 6 and 13 in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. March 13, 2019.  Picture taken March 13, 2019.  REUTERS/Charles Mostoller
Cities & Communities When middle-class incomes collapse, how you gonna pay next month’s rent?

Jenny Schuetz

March 26, 2020

Offering renters longer leases could improve their financial health and happiness
Housing Offering renters longer leases could improve their financial health and happiness

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February 19, 2020

Expanding and diversifying housing: Approaches and impacts on opportunity
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Cities & Communities Expanding and diversifying housing: Approaches and impacts on opportunity

Jenny Schuetz, Abigail Wozniak, Zach Swaziek

December 17, 2019

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