Ten years after the catastrophic housing crisis, many Americans are giving up their homes to move into rental properties. A large percentage of the aging baby-boomer population and the young metro-focused millennials want a piece of America’s rental pie. Anthony Cilluffo, Abigail Geiger, and Richard Fry from Pew Research explain why below.

 

More U.S. households are renting than at any point in 50 years

Abigail Geiger

Anthony Cilluffo

Richard Fry