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A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent. Monthly rent has outpaced income across the U.S., and forced many to make tough decisions between everyday necessities and a home. In turn, a record number of people are becoming homeless and evictions filings have ratcheted up as pandemic-era eviction moratoriums and federal assistance ends. The widespread hardship has prompted state lawmakers across the U.S. to throw the kitchen sink at the problem in 2024. State proposals include everything from installing protections from evict...

“Like a thief in the night, those municipalities swept in and took those those authorities away from the property owner,” said Rep. Chad Perkins, a Bowling Green Republican.

Millions of Americans, especially people of color, are facing painful decisions as a record number struggle with unaffordable rent increases, a crisis fueled by rising prices from inflation, a shortage of affordable housing and the end of pandemic relief.

A record 22.4 million renters spending more than 30% of income on rent. Millions of Americans are being squeezed by the economy and are facing uncertainty due to the unaffordable rent increases permeating the market, fueled by inflation and a shortage of affordable housing, as well as the end of pandemic relief.

DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — f