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来源类型 | Research Report |
规范类型 | 报告 |
Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America | |
其他题名 | A Platform for Production |
Corianne Payton Scally; Brandi Gilbert; Carl Hedman; Amanda Gold; Lily Posey | |
发表日期 | 2018-10-02 |
出版年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | Many rural communities are facing shortages of affordable rental housing, an issue that is becoming increasingly urgent as incomes stagnate and federal supports are stretched thin. One in four rural renters is spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing, yet the rental housing supply in rural communities is often small or shrinking.As rural America’s housing requirements change, it is |
摘要 | Many rural communities are facing shortages of affordable rental housing, an issue that is becoming increasingly urgent as incomes stagnate and federal supports are stretched thin. One in four rural renters is spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing, yet the rental housing supply in rural communities is often small or shrinking. As rural America’s housing requirements change, it is essential to assess the need for constructing more high-quality, affordable rental units. The diversity of rural America—from newly booming energy towns, to aging communities, to underserved rural communities experiencing persistent poverty—makes identifying this need challenging. This study analyzes what’s driving the demand for new affordable rental housing in diverse rural areas and suggests ways to increase funding and capacity to deliver new units to the communities with the most severe needs. New solutions are needed as federal support is stretched thin Many rural communities have been served by older federal programs, but they require new solutions to build capacity and develop units that provide affordable options at the scale required. The supply is not keeping up, and affordability issues are growing for those on fixed incomes and working families. As this study illustrates, many counties eligible for federal support face shortages, but resources are thin. Several federal programs are authorized to provide loans, grants, guarantees, and operating support for affordable rental housing in rural America, but few are meeting the demand. These resources are generally oversubscribed, underfunded, and difficult to win when competing against urban projects. They also lack dedicated operating supports to make units affordable to the most vulnerable households. Where affordable rental housing is needed most Looking only at census tracts within each county that are eligible for US Department of Agriculture housing programs, we find that while the slim majority of rural counties have less severe need for more affordable rental housing units, a significant proportion have moderate need, and a targeted few face persistently severe needs.
Rural renters in these counties experience more overcrowding and are more likely to pay at least 50 percent of their income for rent. These renters live in the Border Region (from Texas to California), the Central Valley of California, parts of the southern Mississippi Delta region, and persistent-poverty areas in the Southeast. Additional pockets are scattered across the country.
Strategies to improve affordable rental housing production in rural communities
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主题 | Housing and Housing Finance ; Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net |
URL | https://www.urban.org/research/publication/rental-housing-21st-century-rural-america |
来源智库 | Urban Institute (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/480342 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Corianne Payton Scally,Brandi Gilbert,Carl Hedman,et al. Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America. 2018. |
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