The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, which means that a worker earning minimum wage would need to work 127 hours per week, which would equate to having three full-time jobs, in order to [...]
A recent survey and accompanying report produced by the National Apartment Association (NAA) provides more insight into some of those factors by examining what is preventing multifamily [...]
Home buying is expected to ‘move further out of reach’ as new home construction still hasn’t returned to pre-recession levels. To read more click here.
In 19 of the country’s largest 50 metro areas, starting-level teachers would pay more than half their salaries on the market rent. To read more click here.
Affordable housing is an urgent crisis, and 11 candidates have presented plans for solving it. But you wouldn’t know this by watching the TV debates. To read more click here.
Unfortunately, a disturbing stigmatizing of renters as somehow harmful to a town has been seen in Berkshire communities that in recent years have blocked solid affordable housing projects. To [...]
City and county residents are invited to share ideas at three community forums next week focusing on housing, homelessness and neighborhood preservation. To read more click here.
A recent national public opinion poll commissioned by National Low Income Housing Coalition found that 85% of voters believe that having safe, accessible and affordable housing should be a top [...]
