Like many aspects of global mobility, we continue to see an increase in the need for temporary living and long-term rental solutions. Here we provide an update to our first blog on the topic, U.S. Temporary Living Challenges: What You Need to Know, taking a more detailed look at the current trends impacting the temporary living market and key recommendations that organizations can follow to help reduce the impact on mobility programs.
Thank you to our supplier partner National Corporate Housing, specifically Julie Rice, Senior Global Advisor, Strategic Alliances—Global Mobility, National Corporate Housing who provided current market trends information for this post.
There continues to be pent-up demand for corporate housing. The accommodations for talent mobility, travel, and relocation have never been under as much pressure as we see today. Increasing rates, limited availability, work from home options, and millennials entering the homeowner market are all contributing factors. How did we get here? It starts with the shortage of new homes on the market today, but the root cause goes back much further.
The new construction of the types of buildings typically used for corporate housing has been declining nationwide since 2007. Additionally, many property owners for existing buildings are no longer renting to corporate housing companies or they are significantly limiting the number of apartments available for corporate housing. Many property owners are no longer offering short-term leases, and we have seen large rent increases across the U.S.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are struggling to hire workers in many sectors, including the corporate housing industry. Due to the various labor shortages, many companies cannot keep up with the demand for the manufacturing and delivery of goods and services (furniture, lumber, building materials, etc.). This limits the ability to deliver fully furnished, move-in-ready units for corporate housing. It also drives up costs by over 15%, according to National Corporate Housing.
In addition, over the past three months there has been a significant increase in travel, with levels trending to pre-pandemic levels. This is also contributing to the shortage of available temporary living units.
Although we anticipate these challenges are temporary, they will continue for the near future; this means that the need for proper planning, flexibility, and partnership has never been more important.
Download our Mobility Supply Chain Guide to find out the specific challenges impacting the wider industry, what Cartus is doing to mitigate them, and key recommendations to help companies reduce the impact these challenges have on their relocation programs. Our guide looks specifically at:
Look out for more blogs over the coming weeks, which will deep-dive into specific areas of supply chain and the innovative solutions we are providing to help clients navigate the current challenges. Read our previous posts:
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