Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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There were 10.9 million renters living in single-family homes in 2001 , just under 30 percent of all renters.
Following the Great Recession of the mid-2000s, the number of single family rentals grew significantly, peaking at 15.2 million in 2016 .
By 2021 , there were 14.3 million single family renters, comprising about 33 percent of renters.
25 percent of single-family rentals were owned by non-individual investors in 2021 , up from 17 percent two decades earlier .
This explains how investor activity has increased even as the number of single family rentals has declined in recent years .
The National Association of Home Builders estimates an additional 5 percent of housing starts are likely intended for the rental market.
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