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Mortgage rates are expected to hit 5.5% by the end of the year, with monthly mortgage payments rising up to 8%.  So what impact will these trends have on the rental market? To read more click here.

Blame policy, demographics, and market forces. To read more click here.

Regulatory burdens are driving up costs, and it’s a problem for the housing market. To read more click here.

By building energy-efficient properties, Habitat reduces heating costs and frees up more than $100 each month for homeowners. To read more click here.

Homeowners worry that affordable housing might hurt their property values, even as they complain about rising taxes from sky-high valuations. To read more click here.

A new analysis finds that liberalizing zoning rules and building more won’t solve the urban affordability crisis, and could exacerbate it. To read more click here.

Some Minnesota nonprofits are embracing communal housing as a way to address affordable housing shortages despite the model being long rejected as contributing to urban blight. To read more click here.

The popularity of rent control in the United States has ebbed and flowed over the past 100 years. To read more click here.

From downpayment assistance to new developments targeting teachers. To read more click here.

Pima County partnered with the Rand Corporation, a nationally recognized organization with vast experience evaluating similar housing programs, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing to [...]