The federal government’s approach to housing has barely budged for decades—solutions that were prescribed in the 1960s are insufficient to meet the complex challenges of housing in the [...]
While housing policy and investment in the United States has traditionally been focused on homeowners, in the last few years, cities have begun to pay more attention to the renter households that [...]
A new stream of state housing funding aims to help prevent evictions in targeted precincts throughout Pima County, where more than 13,000 evictions were filed last year. To read more click here.
It’s the mutual goal of contractors and homeowners to get a quality job done on time and on budget, but perceptions of how to accomplish that vary wildly and widely. To read more click here.
Nearly 10 million homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure sales in the U.S. between 2006 and 2014. The effects of the subprime mortgage crisis are not only still being felt today, they have [...]
Even in areas with protections in place, equal treatment is far from a given. From city to city, a patchwork of policies influences how landlords look at Section 8 voucher holders. To read more [...]
The survey conducted by TD Bank targeted 30 year-olds in the U.S. to understand their opinion about renting versus owning a home, with 69 percent of the respondents having an annual household [...]
Income growth has not kept pace with rents, leading to an affordability crunch with cascading effects that, for people on the bottom economic rung, increases the risk of homelessness. To read [...]
Misconceptions about the sector’s performance could have some investors missing out on this financially—and socially—rewarding asset class. To read more click here.