housing

America needs more housing. Pressure for reform is only growing as available homes get less and less affordable. Unfortunately, rather than addressing the root cause of high housing prices — an epidemic of local…

by Steve Cortes   Far too many Americans cannot afford the most basic necessity of life: a decent place to live. Rental and purchase costs for quality apartments and houses simply price out many working-class citizens. One such worker…

George Selgin Because this series is about the New Deal's contributions to economic recovery, it's essential that we recognize the difference, as Roosevelt himself did, between recovery on one hand and relief and reform on the other. A…

In February, active inventory rose 68% above a year ago; Austin, Las Vegas and San Antonio are first markets to recover pandemic inventory shortages and surpass pre-pandemic levels The U.S. supply of homes for sale rose at a record…

Surging mortgage rates pushed home buyers out of the market and sent volume for new applications plummeting to a 28-year-low in the week ending Feb. 24, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported Wednesday. Mortgage rates…

by Stephen Whitney   Stephen Curry is quite the guy. Professional athlete, philanthropist, and social justice advocate—is there anything he can’t do? Apparently there is, seeing as how the NBA player has difficulty practicing what he…

The University Area Commission will decide Jan. 18 if a proposal to tear down and replace The Little Bar and University Baptist Church of Columbus with two apartment buildings will be recommended to Columbus City Council. Credit:…

A new non-profit group in Columbus is putting its own spin on a public-private partnership for creating more affordable housing.Columbus Housing Enterprise (CHE) was recently formed by local…

Sales of existing homes fell severely in November, but prices remained elevated compared to one year ago as demand for housing continued to outpace historically low inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR)…

The massive Senate omnibus spending bill includes a more than 400% increase for nongovernmental organizations sheltering, transporting and feeding illegal immigrants. The latest bill includes $785 million for the Federal Emergency…