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March 7, 2018

Governing

WITH SOME HOMEOWNERSHIP INCENTIVES GONE, WILL MORE AMERICAS ACTUALLY RENT?

In December, the National Association of Realtors said the new laws could spur home values to drop

March 6, 2018

Curbed

HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND LONG COMMUTES DRIVE MORE WORKERS TO SLEEP IN CARS

Santa Barbara, California, a coastal enclave boasting beautiful beachfront Spanish missions and a nearly $2 billion tourism industry, offers a postcard view of the state’s many natural advantages.

February 4, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

RENT CONTROLS, A BANE OF LANDLORDS, ARE GAINING SUPPORT AS COSTS SOAR

Calls for rent-control legislation are growing across the U.S. as apartment tenants endure sharply rising rents and memories fade of the downsides of price caps.

February 2, 2018

The New York Times

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IS ABOUT TO GET WORSE

Many of the worst effects of the tax bill President Trump signed in December could take years to emerge.

February 1, 2018

Yahoo

THERE’S A BRILLIANT $150 MILLION ‘TEACHERS VILLAGE’ IN NEWARK

There’s a luxurious 400,000-square-foot complex in downtown Newark with a consignment store, nail salon, fitness center and cupcake shop. At first glance, it might appear to be a glossy page out of a playbook to revitalize the city.

January 23, 2018

Curbed

THE CASE FOR MORE HOUSING ASSISTANCE

When Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released its annual analysis of the nation’s housing this past summer, there was plenty of good news.

January 18, 2018

Reuters

AMERICANS TO SPEND 7.5 PERCENT MORE ON HOME REMODELING IN 2018: STUDY

Americans are expected to spend nearly $340 billion in 2018 to upgrade or to patch up their homes, a 7.5 percent increase from last year, a report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released on Thursday showed.

January 18, 2018

The New York Times

TAX OVERHAUL IS A BLOW TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS

The last time that Congress approved a sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code, in 1986, it created a tax credit meant to encourage the private sector to invest in affordable housing.

January 16, 2018

Yahoo

JAY-Z INSPIRED THIS NEW BOOK OF FINANCIAL ADVICE

The son of a Haitian immigrant, Exantus, 36, was raised in Harlem’s St. Nicholas housing projects by his single mother. She found work in a factory, but didn’t have a good grasp on the English language, and struggled to understand the financial system in America

January 12, 2018

CNN

IN BOOMING ECONOMIES, FOOD BANKS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER

He's a special education teacher at a public school in Los Altos, California, during the day, and works nights and weekends as a data analyst. He takes home roughly $2,500-$2,700 a month.

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