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One possible housing crisis solution? A new kind of public housing for all income levels

5:00am October 07, 2024

Maryland's Montgomery County is building mixed-income apartments in which people who can afford to pay market rate allow other renters to pay less. Cities and states nationwide are taking up the idea.

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In a major shift, the U.S. government explores giving renters cash, not vouchers

5:00am September 19, 2024

Federal housing vouchers are the largest rental aid program, but many landlords reject them. Experiments will test whether cash helps more people sign a lease.

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DOJ accuses real estate software company of helping landlords collude to raise rents

11:25am August 23, 2024

The lawsuit says RealPage’s algorithmic pricing software lets landlords effectively collude and set rents above market rate. The Texas-based company has denied the allegations.

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A new Harvard University report finds that housing was unaffordable for a record half of renters in 2022. And a softening rental market might not help those who struggle most.

Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds

8:16am January 25, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.

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Even though higher mortgage rates are starting to curb housing prices, the share of first-time homebuyers has fallen to a historic low, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Voters approved more money for affordable housing around the country

1:12pm November 09, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

Skyrocketing rents and home prices have been a major part of voters' economic pain. New spending will go toward building and subsidizing more housing, and helping people avoid homelessness.

Eric Perkins says the kitchen is what sold him on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Norfolk, Va., that he found through a shared housing program.

Roommate wanted: Homeless people are pairing up as a way around the housing crisis

6:12am October 20, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

Given record high rents and low vacancy rates, housing providers are offering to match people up as roommates to get them off the streets. But it can be a tough sell for both renters and landlords.

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Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in Louisville, Ky. A new study shows the U.S. is 3.8 million homes short of meeting housing needs.

There's a massive housing shortage across the U.S. Here's how bad it is where you live

2:48pm July 14, 2022

Hundreds of cities and towns are seriously short of housing, both homes to buy and rentals, according to a new study. It's the main reason that home prices and rents are so high.

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A for rent sign in Palo Alto, California. Across the country rents are on the rise, in part due to a historic shortage of homes either to rent or buy.

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It's not just home prices. Rents rise sharply across the U.S.

10:04am February 14, 2022

by Chris Arnold

Renting a place to live is getting a lot more expensive, according to a survey that tracks rental listings across the biggest 50 U.S. cities.