Every month since February 2023 we've published a new read on rental housing — rent burden, evictions, who owns the buildings, household debt, and the capital moving underneath it all. Grounded in Hampton Roads, following the story wherever it leads: statehouses, capital markets, Washington. New research lands monthly.
More than 60% live in a neighborhood where public transit cannot reach a single job in 45 minutes.
Read the report →Mapping the country's chronic sleep deprivation.
Read the report →Where what we build and what we pay no longer match.
Read the report →The latest on eviction data from Virginia.
Read the report →Resilience, but not for everyone. A quick update to the redevelopment of Young Terrace & Calvert Square.
Read the report →A new CityWork map shows ACA health care subsidies across the country by ZIP Code. See how much help your area gets and what's at stake if subsidies end.
Read the report →Washington is scaling back Medicaid through tougher eligibility, work requirements, and cost-sharing. What does it mean for Coastal Virginia?
Read the report →A look at credit-card and student-loan debt — who's benefiting from loan relief, and whether financial literacy is an excuse for lazy thinking.
Read the report →Notes from a haruspex — divining what a recession might mean for renters across the country and in Hampton Roads.
Read the report →Investors made millions. Renters faced 300 evictions. What do Hampton, 300 evictions, and the University of Illinois have in common?
Read the report →It started in 2020 with a question: how much of Hampton Roads' apartments are owned by investors? After five years of data, we can finally say: at least 45%.
Read the report →Our second annual look at the region's biggest evictors — just 50 companies, about 1% of landlords, drive nearly 25% of all eviction cases.
Read the report →A look at accumulating rent debt across the region, plus what noise complaints reveal about Norfolk's neighborhoods.
Read the report →Economists love this one weird trick to fix the housing market. Plus the latest numbers and a Chesapeake spotlight.
Read the report →One-bedroom asking rent fell, everything else rose. Digging deeper on Tidewater relocation and race.
Read the report →A lot hinges on 1%. And for the first time since we've been tracking, asking rents fell.
Read the report →Is there any correlation between housing supply and rent — or is it basically like flipping a coin?
Read the report →Rents continue to rise as the region still struggles with affordable one-bedroom apartments.
Read the report →Continuing our series on whether building more supply lowers rent: is there really a housing shortage in Hampton Roads?
Read the report →Do short-term rentals raise rents? Plus Hampton's new rules and the latest rental numbers.
Read the report →Part two of our series on why building more housing doesn't guarantee lower rents — with the latest rental data.
Read the report →Norfolk released a new housing report. We launch a series on why building more housing alone won't save us.
Read the report →New year, same problems — and a deeper look at a worrying trend in housing speculation.
Read the report →Rents stayed high to close out 2023. The latest numbers plus a deeper look at evictions in the region.
Read the report →The latest rental numbers alongside new eviction data for the region.
Read the report →A shorter holiday edition. Regular reports resume in December.
Read the report →Why do people blame the Basic Allowance for Housing? A look at the evidence.
Read the report →One year in — and the question that started it all: who owns these apartments anyway?
Read the report →A deeper look at the impact of climate adaptation on rent in Norfolk.
Read the report →Affordable one-bedrooms disappear as Newport News shows early signs of gentrification.
Read the report →As summer starts, rents are up — the average across all units hit $1,783, up from $1,770 in February.
Read the report →Spring is here — and with it, slightly lower rents.
Read the report →Norfolk rent in four charts — the report that began CityWork's housing series.
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