How Companies Can Tackle the U.S. Housing Crisis Mar 16, 2021 As the U.S. housing crisis grows even more dire due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, key stakeholders within the wider real estate sector can support housing strategies that help ensure everyone has access to an affordable place to live. Even as the country moves closer to herd immunity and the rate of virus transmission has slowed, here’s the reality: Millions of Americans will be behind in rent - more than 11 million households, in fact - or will have to start all over and need to find a place to live that is within their means.