NEW REPORT DETAILS GROWING CHALLENGES FOR FAMILIES TO MEET RISING HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN MAJOR METRO AREAS NATIONWIDE

WASHINGTON, DC – October 12, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — On Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, the Center for Housing Policy—the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference—and the Center for Neighborhood Technology will discuss the findings of a new report, Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation, that details the challenges that American households face as the combined costs of housing and transportation consume an ever-larger share of household incomes. In addition, case studies detail the immense variation in cost burdens within metro areas and the impacts of growing cost burdens on the household budgets of typical families