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The Huffington Post

2020 Democrats Think The Rent Is Too Damn High

The rising cost of housing has become an issue on the presidential campaign trail for one of the first times in living memory, thrilling advocates who are hopeful that tackling housing affordability can merit inclusion on a crowded 2020 Democratic policy agenda.

Marketplace

Report finds link between high housing costs and poor health

According to a new report, more than 10 percent of households live with the burden of extremely high housing costs. Where people spend more than half of their income on housing, it is more difficult to live better and longer.

Realtor.com

Older Americans Flock to Rentals, and Here's Why

Renting isn't just for recent postgraduates who can't afford a home anymore. In fact, America's fastest-growing group of renters is probably a whole lot grayer than you might think.

The Washington Post

The 'heartbreaking' decrease in black homeownership

Vanessa Bulnes and her husband, Richard, bought their house on 104th Avenue in East Oakland, Calif., in 1992. The modest two-bedroom property is where they lived for 20 years, raising three children, and where Vanessa made a living running an in-home day-care center. After Richard had a stroke in 2008, reducing the couple to a single income, they fell behind on their mortgage and eventually lost their home to foreclosure.

Radio Boston (WBUR)

Housing Displacement Pressures Mount In Boston's Changing Egleston Square

In 2010, the census tract encompassing most of Boston's Egleston Square flipped from majority-minority to majority white. And the median household income has increased. In 2000, it was just under $40,000; now it is almost $70,000. Thirty-five percent of households have incomes over $100,000.