Housing

For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.

February 16, 2006 - The Detroit Free Press

Residents of mobile home parks being bulldozed to make way for new homes and apartments find they have no place to go.

February 15, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?

February 15, 2006 - The Village Voice

In remote Modoc County, the median home price just passed $100,000 -- and this only six-and-a-half hours from San Francisco.

February 14, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Residents of Rome's historic center are protesting exorbitant rental prices, prompting a decree from Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi postponing a slew of evictions.

February 14, 2006 - Associated Press via Chicago Tribune

Aerial photos and maps display elaborately researched price estimates for neighborhood properties.

February 13, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Recent reports show sharp rise in home inventories, along with a decline in new orders across the U.S.

February 12, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

While some of the thousands of Katrina evacuees being evicted from their FEMA-funded hotel rooms have found other living arrangements, many others are facing homelessness.

February 9, 2006 - Associated Press

The Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey finds Vancouver housing to be 'severely unaffordable', and 15th worst worldwide.

January 31, 2006 - The Vancouver Sun

This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.

January 30, 2006 - The Brookings Institution

In order to avoid creating 'another bureaucracy', Bush does not support creation of a federal corporation to purchase and redevelop damaged homes.

January 28, 2006 - The Advocate

Residents of New Jersey are migrating to Atlanta, Florida, and even the Bronx in search of affordable housing choices.

January 26, 2006 - The New York Times

In San Francisco, legislation aimed at stopping conversions may actually increase evictions of renters, as more groups enter into 'tenancy-in-common' agreements.

January 25, 2006 - San Francisco Weekly

Illegal conversion of single room occupancy ('efficiency') apartments in NYC threaten one of the few remaining sources of private, affordable housing in the City. Housing advocates attempt to stem the tide, but it's rough going.

January 24, 2006 - The New York Times

New Urbanism pioneer Andres Duany says the movement could change affordable housing and predict growing demand for experts.

January 22, 2006 - Orlando Business Journal

A savvy lawyer continues to slide through a loophole in the D.C. Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, preventing longtime apartment residents from becoming homeowners at the time of sale.

January 20, 2006 - Washington City Paper

The secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development explains how additional housing can be factored into models for regional growth.

January 19, 2006 - The Boston Globe

The California Governor rejects pleas from advocates for a steady income stream; bond measures may continue to be the only source.

January 18, 2006 - The Sacramento Bee

From a private art wing with steel doors that drop from the ceiling to a 70-foot saltwater swimming pool, these homes have it all -- for around $50 million.

January 17, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

What would you do if your rent went from $595 per month to $200,000 to buy?

January 17, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun