Affordability Crisis

Denver Region

Cities on the Verge of a Housing Crisis

This analysis of the largest metropolitan areas in the country reveals high housing prices spilling over into many parts of the country not located on the coasts.

June 11, 2019 - 24/7 Wall St.

Downtown Minneapolis Streetscape

Tempering the Expectations for the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

The ability of the landmark Minneapolis 2040 plan, which adds density in various forms all over the city, to solve the cities climbing housing prices and growing lack of affordable housing, might have been exaggerated.

June 7, 2019 - MinnPost

Fire Escape

Rent Control for New York City Could Spillover Effect to the Rest of the State

The housing crisis isn't the same in every corner of New York State, but new rent control measures in the state legislature could apply solutions intended for the New York City rental market to the entire state.

May 25, 2019 - The Buffalo News

Miami

Report Digs Into the Unique Needs of the Miami Housing Market

Miami doesn’t get as much attention as cities like New York City and San Francisco for the cost of housing, but 61 percent of renters in the city are cost-burdened, and 71 percent of the city's residents are residents.

May 13, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

Boston T

Ending Rent Control Changed Everything in Massachusetts. What Happens If It Becomes Legal Again?

Two proposed bills would roll back a statewide prohibition on rent control in Massachusetts. The city of Cambridge, how of the anti-rent control movement in the state, is now a poster child for the housing crisis.

April 30, 2019 - The Boston Globe

Gilpin County, Colorado

The Rural Housing Affordability Crisis

The number of cost-burdened households in rural parts of the United States is increasing quickly.

April 3, 2019 - Stateline

Mixed-Use Development

Silicon Valley Tech Community Commits $500 Million to Fund Housing Crisis

A large group of technology and philanthropic foundations has announced multiple funds to help mitigate the crisis of housing affordability in the Bay Area. It's the second such effort announced already this year.

January 28, 2019 - The New York Times

Eviction

Thresholds of Rent Affordability Trigger Homelessness

New research reveals details of when and where rising rents trigger homelessness.

December 12, 2018 - Zillow Research

San Francisco Homeless

SF Chronicle Editorial Board: Build More Homes to Help the Homeless

And stop changing the subject, adds the Editorial Board of the San Francisco Chronicle.

July 8, 2018 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Salt Lake City, Utah

Editorial Board: The Suburbs Need to Make Room for New Residents

Utah has generally made room for single-family homes in the past, but the Salt Lake Tribune thinks its time for new plans as the state faces demographic changes and worsening affordability.

July 3, 2018 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Splash Park

Fertility Rates Are Down Where Home Prices Are Up

The economic recovery has not led to a baby recovery.

June 12, 2018 - Zillow Research

Brooklyn

New York City Law Would Curb Illegal Hotel Conversions

A new law would crack down on illegal hotel conversions by increasing regulation of short-term rental companies like Airbnb.

June 11, 2018 - City & State

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