Housing Affordability Institute’s Post

Just about every month, I hear someone claim that increased housing costs through costly energy code mandates will increase housing affordability. That's not how it works. Increasing housing costs raise barriers to housing access by pricing people out of the market. Despite entrenched beliefs to the contrary, mortgages do not consider the energy efficiency of the home when calculating purchasing power. My latest for Housing Affordability Institute dives into this myth. #housing #energyefficency #housingpolicy #homebuilding

Who Will Build the New Homes We Need? CMI addresses this issue in the latest edition of the Housing Affordability Watch, which you can read now: https://ow.ly/BHwc50RzK3l #housingaffordability #housingmarket #newhomeconstruction #housingincanada

Who Will Build the New Homes We Need? CMI addresses this issue in the latest edition of the Housing Affordability Watch, which you can read now: https://ow.ly/BHwc50RzK3l #housingaffordability #housingmarket #newhomeconstruction #housingincanada

A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible. #AffordableHousing #RealEstateCrisis #HousingDemand #HousingForAll #RisingRentals #EconomicImpact #HousingAffordability #UrbanHousing #HomeOwnership #HousingInequality #RealEstateMarket #CostOfLiving #SustainableHousing #HousingSolutions #InclusiveDevelopment

Up for Growth released its housing underproduction report for 2024. The numbers are staggering: we need 3.85 million homes to make housing affordable. We interviewed policy director David Garcia to learn more. Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gYX2XeP4 #apartmentshortage #housingcrisis #unitedstates #affordablehousing #underproduction #homes #housing

Decoding Affordable Housing: Exploring Its Subjectivity and Impact Explore the concept of affordable housing and why it varies based on location and individual circumstances. Discover how this term can have different interpretations and implications for each person and market. #AffordableHousing #HousingCrisis #Subjectivity #LocationImpact #FinancialCircumstances #RealEstateMarket #CostOfLiving #UrbanDevelopment #HousingEquality #AffordableLiving

We have created an incredibly complex (and at this point, very necessary) ecosystem around housing affordability on the demand side, when the majority of our affordability issues would be -or more precisely, could have been- solved by cities and jurisdictions 1) allowing and 2) encouraging, housing supply. This is a problem 40-years in the making we are trying to solve. #affordablehousing #housingaffordability

Homes are moving quickly with an average of 34 days on the market for single-family homes year-to-date, a 10.5% decrease over last year. #housingmarketdata #njhousingstats #njhousingmarket #housingstats Read the latest housing market report >> https://njreal.to/RBzX18

Some 187,000 additional affordable homes are needed in England each year, yet affordable housebuilding seems to have peaked, according to latest research. There is an annual affordable housing shortfall of 128,000 homes at present and this seems set to grow as mounting pressures on housing providers start to bite. The report finds this situation requires a “significant step up in delivery” and that more social rented homes are needed everywhere. #martinandco #rentalproperty #tolet #rentalmarket #affordablehousing #marketresearch #marketstats #marketinsights

There has been a notable rise in affordable housing demand as rents remain high across the nation. With a supply below currently below the immense demand, the need for affordable housing options is at an all-time high. Read some insights on how you can benefit from the opportunities in the affordable housing market. https://lnkd.in/d3CGz48b #commercialrealestate #commercialrealestateinvesting #affordablehousing