HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research has issued two important reports on the nation’s rental housing markets: Rental Market Dynamics: 2007″“2009 and Components of Inventory Change: 2007″“2009. The new Components of Inventory Change analysis examines the characteristics of the inventory reported in both years, reconciling the difference by tracking what happened to units recorded in 2007 and identifying the sources of units inventoried in 2009. The new Rental Dynamics report highlights the changes in affordability of the rental housing stock during the same period. The reports are based on American Housing Survey data. Read More…