Affordability Are Tech Giants Just Throwing Money at the Housing Shortage? A billion dollars sounds like a lot, but Facebook’s pledge to improve affordable housing options in California sounds shallow considering...
Accessibility Age Proofing a House Isn’t Cheap Almost one-quarter of Americans will be 65 or older by 2050, and surveys conducted over the past decade show that older adults...
Off-Site Construction What Can Manufactured Housing Do for the Affordable Home Shortage? Ridaa Murad, founder of Breakform, a company that owns more than 20 communities with manufactured housing, writes in Forbes that such...
Opinion Solving the Housing Affordability Crisis Requires Reshaping Public Policy A look at how restrictive public policies are limiting developers' ability to bring new, affordable apartment homes to market
Housing Giants 2019 Housing Giants Report—Top 35 Starter-Home Builders Topped by Lennar, PulteGroup, and KB Home in the first three spots, these 35 builders lead the nation in starter-home closings in...
Affordability Low Mortgage Rates and Investors Are Causing Epic Housing Shortage National housing inventory fell 2.5% annually in September, a sharper decline than August’s 1.8% decrease, according to realtor.com ...
Affordability Can Garage Conversions Help California’s Housing Crisis? On the heels of a California state law that relaxes restrictions on building accessory dwelling units, venture capitalist Steven Dietz...
Affordability Will California’s New ADU Laws Create a Backyard Building Boom? Time will tell if new state laws allowing Californians to build a small apartment in their backyard and convert the garage into an accessory...
New-Home Sales How Much Down Payment Do You Need to Buy a House in a Big Canadian City? Vancouver is behind only Hong Kong for having the worst housing affordability in the world. Other major Canadian cities like Toronto,...
Affordability Extreme Weather Events Worsen Affordable Housing Crisis Housing damage from extreme weather events worsens the housing affordability crisis, according to a new report from the Center for American...
