Housing

The coronavirus pandemic is entering a new month, meaning Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry about paying their rent

On Monday, July 27, two days after the eviction moratorium in Maryland expired, Timothy Young, his wife, Tammy, and their two children, Hermione, 8, and Negan, 2, scrambled to move out of their duplex. They’d received their notice to vacate.  Young estimates that he’s applied to more than 400 jobs over the last few months, and nothing has panned out....

The Trump administration said Thursday that it is revoking an Obama-era housing regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs, a move that fair housing advocates have decried as an election year stunt designed to manipulate the fears of white voters

If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said Joyce Lilly, explaining their move to Washingtonville, New York. “Because we were locked into the apartment for three months, a…

In our latest installment of “Purpose Over Profit,” LX News talked to Laura Brady, the founder and CEO of Concierge Auctions, a high-end real estate auction firm that is building a home for a family in need for every home it sells. Laura Brady said the company has funded the construction of more than 200 homes in El Salvador and...

Laura Bustamante’s job involves helping members of her New Jersey community access affordable housing, despite not making enough money to afford rent herself. Bustamante, who works for the Jersey City Council, walks host Satchel Lee through specific local policies that can help communities across the country facing a housing crisis.

Advocates in the fight against homelessness jumped into action in March when they realized how COVID-19 could easily spread through Connecticut’s homeless shelters.   Now the temporary housing for those facing housing insecurity is set to expire at the end of this month, leaving advocates concerned.   Kelly Fitzgerald, director of the Coordinated Access Network for the United Way of Greater...

The temporary housing for those facing housing insecurity is set to expire at the end of this month, leaving advocates concerned.

Millions of U.S. households are expected to face financial burdens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has hit a record low of 3.29%, driven down by investors shifting money into the safety of U.S. Treasurys as the viral outbreak deepens

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

Unable to keep up with rising rents, tenants of an Oakland apartment building are protesting in a bold way – they’re on a rent strike.

Buyers are trolling the nation’s neighborhoods looking for homes at the fastest pace in nearly two years, making an already critical shortage of inventory even worse. Sales of existing homes rose a steeper-than-expected 3.5% in December compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors. Demand is surging because mortgage rates are about a full percentage point lower than…

Protesters on Monday morning rallied in support of two homeless moms who took over a vacant house in Oakland and against their impending eviction after a judge’s ruling last week.

A meeting on a proposed apartment development in Bristol was postponed Monday when so many people showed up they couldn’t fit into the meeting space.

Google is pouring $1 billion into easing the high-priced housing headaches that it and its Silicon Valley peers helped give the San Francisco Bay Area.

Google is pouring $1 billion into easing the high-priced housing headaches that it and its Silicon Valley peers helped give the San Francisco Bay Area.

Cyndi Lauper was homeless nearly a decade before she became a pop superstar in the early ’80s, and discussed that experience while unveiling a nationwide report on youth homelessness. The interactive report ranks how states provide services such as housing and mental health for homeless youth based on a variety of criteria, including access to hormone therapy for transgender people...

Each year, taxpayers subsidize America’s homeowners by roughly $70 billion, with the benefits flowing disproportionately to coastal areas with high incomes and pricey homes, from New York and Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The subsidy for homeowners comes in the form of a deduction from their taxes for the interest they pay on their mortgages. An affluent New...