NRHC Member Companies Respond to COVID Health Crisis by Providing Assistance to Over 80,000 Resident Households

Washington, D.C. (September 23, 2021) – The National Rental Home Council (NRHC), representing America’s leading providers of single-family rental homes, today reported on efforts undertaken by member companies to work with residents experiencing hardship as a result of the COVID health crisis. Through June 30, 2021, NRHC member companies have collectively provided assistance to over […]

Survey Reveals Significant Hardships Facing Small Single-Family Rental Homeowners

Survey Reveals Significant Hardships Facing Small Single-Family Rental HomeownersRaises Concerns about Future Supply Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2021) – Survey data released today by the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) show small rental home property owners continue to experience significant hardship because of the COVID health crisis and related government response measures. In particular, fully […]

The National Rental Home Council (NRHC), representing America’s leading providers of single-family rental housing, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to end the nationwide CDC moratorium on residential evictions:

Washington, D.C. (August 27, 2021) – The decision of the Supreme Court affirms one of the most basic and long-standing tenets of American democracy – the right to ownership of real property. In its ruling, the majority addressed the dangers posed by the CDC order on the inherent rights of rental home property owners: The […]

NRHC Applauds FHFA Decision to Include Rental Payment History in Fannie Mae Underwriting

Washington, D.C. (August 26, 2021) – The National Rental Home Council (NRHC), representing America’s leading single-family rental home providers, commends the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on its recent announcement that Fannie Mae will include rental payments as part of its credit underwriting process. The decision effectively allows an individual’s positive history of rental payments […]

America’s Leading Rental Home Providers Support President Biden’s Push for Swift Rental Assistance Disbursement in Latest Eviction Moratorium

Washington, D.C. (August 4, 2021) – The National Rental Home Council (NRHC), representing the leading housing providers in America’s single-family rental home industry, today released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s efforts to ensure property owners and tenants receive the rental assistance they need as part of the latest moratorium on evictions. […]

Ten Facts to Challenge the Evictions Doomsday Narrative

Economic headlines offer a confusing mixed bag lately. A wide range of indicators show surprising strength in everything from jobs, wages and personal savings to home sales and apartment demand. The economic downturn triggered by COVID-19 turned out to be shortest recession in American history. But one narrative remains stubbornly negative: a looming “evictions tsunami.” Media […]

NRHC Launches New Website Promoting Build-for-Rent Housing

NRHC Launches New Website Promoting Build-for-Rent HousingInforms consumers, policymakers and media about benefits of growing sector Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2021) – The National Rental Home Council (NRHC) unveiled today the first comprehensive website dedicated exclusively to sharing information about build-for-rent housing: Buildforrenthomes.com. At a time when new home ‘for sale’ construction has not kept […]

Rental Home Companies and Homeownership: Evaluating the Data

Large single-family rental home companies have attracted attention for the size and scale of their portfolios of homes as well as their home-buying activities. As the story goes, these companies have an outsized presence in neighborhoods and communities across the country and their excessive purchases of homes serve to disadvantage individual homebuyers.  The reality is […]