The Impact of the Pandemic on Landlords: Evidence from Two National Surveys Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, September 29, 2021
This paper provides a synthesis of findings from these two surveys and identifies several key implications for policy makers regarding both current and longer-term efforts needed to support renters and stabilize rental markets through times of financial crisis.
Research Spotlight
Taking Housing Solutions from the Near-Term Crisis to the Long-Term Crisis
Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, October 25, 2021
This blog charts changes in landlord management practices throughout the pandemic by drawing on two surveys of landlords of small rental properties (1- to 4-unit buildings and rented condos). The authors find that, before the pandemic, smaller-scale landlords often worked with tenants who missed a rent payment to bring them current and avoid eviction. This flexibility increased during the pandemic, even as many owners saw their rent revenue decline.
Tracking Rent Payments to Mom-and-Pop Landlords Urban Institute, October 12, 2021
Using data provided by Avail, this data tool tracks monthly rent payments in units owned by independent mom-and-pop landlords since January 2020.
