There is a shortage of affordable housing, and lawmakers are working to pass measures, including limiting the number of rental homes large investors can own.

New reporting shows how the Trump administration has dialed back enforcement and purged career officials at the agency that regulates those industries.

As part of NPR's Swing Shift project checking in with swing voters, these Americans are split on who is to blame for high gas prices but they all agree it has an impact on their personal finances.

President Trump has proposed suspending the federal gas tax to lower the cost at the pump. But that could cost drivers another way -- potholes.

Food insecurity affects more families now than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Canada struck a deal with the province of Alberta, home to the country’s oil sector, to remove a proposal to cap oil sector emissions.

Aside from the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the highest rate of male joblessness since 1948.

During college graduation season for the class of 2026, we want to know how your post-graduation job search is going.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Greg Ip, chief economics commentator at The Wall Street Journal, about rising bond yields and what they mean for consumer and the broader economy.

The temperature is climbing, and so are people's utility bills. Rising electricity prices and hotter-than-usual weather could make it especially costly to stay cool this summer.