NEW REPORT DETAILS GROWING CHALLENGES FOR FAMILIES TO MEET RISING HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN MAJOR METRO AREAS NATIONWIDE
Detailed findings for 25 largest U.S. metropolitan areas includes data on cost variations within metro areas, impacts of growing costs of place on household budgets and policies that can help
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, the Center for Housing Policy—the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference—and the Center for Neighborhood Technology will discuss the findings of a new report, Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation, that details the challenges that American households face as the combined costs of housing and transportation consume an ever-larger share of household incomes. In addition, case studies detail the immense variation in cost burdens within metro areas and the impacts of growing cost burdens on the household budgets of typical families.
Speakers for the telebriefing are:
- Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Peter M. Haas, Ph.D., Chief Research Scientist, Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Jeffrey Lubell, Executive Director, Center for Housing Policy
- Chris Estes, President and CEO, National Housing Conference
The telebriefing will be from 11 am – 12 pm EST. Sign up for the telebriefing here.
To read an embargoed copy of the report now, contact:
Blake Warenik, Communications Manager
National Housing Conference and Center for Housing Policy
bwarenik@nhc.org
(202) 466-2121 x240
Nicole Gotthelf, Director of Development and Communications
Center for Neighborhood Technology
nicoleg@cnt.org
(773) 269-4029
Also available—detailed analysis of housing and transportation cost burdens in the following metro areas:
- Chicago
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York
- Washington, D.C.
The 25 largest U.S. metro areas covered in the report:
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Dallas-Fort Worth
- Denver
- Detroit
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Minneapolis
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland
- Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- San Diego
- San Francisco-Oakland
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Tampa-St. Petersburg
- Washington, D.C.
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