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Housing Market and Single-Family Rental Indices

Key Indicators All Showed Improvement in October by David Howard The National Rental Home Council (NRHC) serves as the trade association for the single-family rental (SFR) home industry. NRHC members include owner-operators, builders, vendors, and service providers of single-family rental homes across the country. Our mission is simple: The NRHC works to educate the public about the benefits of SFR homes and advocate for sensible policies that support the single-family

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Texas House Committee on Business & Industry

Testimony Provided by: David Howard, National Rental Home Council by David Howard On September 12, as chief executive officer of the National Rental Home Council, I testified at a hearing of the Texas state legislature examining the impact of “institutional owners” on housing affordability in the state. I testified, in part, “Fundamentally, the expanding role of large {SFR} owners in the housing market is a direct response to the growing

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New Actions to Lower Housing Costs

Cutting Red Tape to Build More Housing By David Howard Recently the Biden Administration proposed a number of actions and policy reforms designed to spur new housing development. The administration’s clear intent is to reduce and recast existing regulatory barriers that restrict or disincentivize the production of new housing, especially affordable housing. The actions announced are listed below with narrative explanations reprinted from a White House fact sheet. Making funding available

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The Biden Rent Control Policy

Will Further Exacerbate Housing Development and the Investment Crisis By David Howard In response to President Biden’s call to implement a national rent control policy, this article articulates the viewpoint of the National Rental Home Council (NRHC), which represents the single-family rental housing industry. Not since the economic recession of the early 1970s has the federal government turned to price controls to regulate rents on a national level. However, rent

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Four Myths About the Single-Family Rental Home Industry

Shedding Light on Reality By David Howard In recent years, the explosive growth of the single-family rental home market has attracted widespread attention from the public, the media, and policymakers alike. Landlords have rented out single-family homes for generations. But the recent professionalization of the industry has transformed the market. For decades, the overwhelming majority of rental homes were owned by landlords who hold a single property. While that’s still

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States Pass ‘Anti-Squatter’ Legislation

Legislation Passed with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support By David Howard As the supply of new housing has struggled to keep pace with demand over the past decade, single-family rental housing has come to play an increasingly important role for families in search of quality, well-located housing. And with the surge in interest rates over the last year pushing the cost of housing to record highs, single-family rental homes provide residents with

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