Eye On Housing
Immigrants can have a large impact on housing demand. Research from NAHB in 2012 demonstrated that using the low end Census projections on net immigration (1.2 million annually), after 10 years new immigrants would occupy 2 million multifamily units and 1.2 million single-family homes. In addition, the Research Institute for Housing America projects that from 2010 to 2020, immigrants will account… Read More ›
A new research paper from NAHB Economics investigates how immigrants affect US housing demand. The study analyzes recent data from the American Community Survey (ACS) that has detailed information on the country of origin, age, family status and housing choices of newly arrived immigrants. The data show that new immigrants are a young and diverse group of people. More than… Read More ›