Housing Costs
A new study from UCLA confirms what past studies have found, that rising rents and housing prices are fueling California's homelessness crisis.
Los Angeles Times
New York City is seeing an adjustment in the rental market as landlords struggle to compete for renters in a suddenly crowded market.
Bloomberg
Prices remain depressed in most formerly redlined neighborhoods, but several such areas in Denver now boast higher home values than the city as a whole.
The Denver Post
In Australia, a new study will determine the best ways to make high-density developments healthy places to live.
Diabetes.co.uk
Housing prices soared in Germany in 2017, but one city outpaced the world.
Quartz
Several new apps allow landlords to place available units out to bid. The city of Seattle is concerned the apps might exacerbate prices in an already expensive rental market.
Smart Cities Dive
One writer argues that cost, versatility and visual appeal makes this new building material exactly what the state will need if planned regulatory changes go through.
The Architect's Newspaper
After the worst wildfire season ever, changes to local land use and state insurance rules essentially ensure that the same thing will happen again.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The International Housing Affordability Survey rates affordability in selected urban regions. Although presented as objective research, the IHAS is actually propaganda. Users of this information should be warned about its biases
True Affordability. Critiquing the International Housing Affordability Survey
Reeta Herzallah and Hamdi Almasri used a fake garage door to live in an area that required a garage space.
The Guardian
A new study explains why so many small homes have such a massive price tag in desirable coastal areas: It's not the coast of building; it's the value of the land.
Buildzoom
A large amount of new rental units have come online in recent months in Washington, D.C., and the housing market has seen a surprising amount of upheaval as a result.
Bisnow Washington D.C.
Rents are spiking in the city of Atlanta—and the roster of big cities struggling to manage the costs of living grows.
WABE
Because of its high cost of living, California has the nation's highest poverty level, according to the U.S. Census.
CALmatters
The city of Seattle provides the geography and market for a housing map that illustrates the differences between single-family and multi-family housing in terms of affordability.
Sightline Institute
While strict, suburban-style regulations often get a bad rap for the lack of housing in high demand cities, the red tape and other obstacles that delay development could be the worst culprit.
Sightline Institute
Blog post
This post offers a critique of claims that there is an ideal, "Goldilocks density."
The Twin Cities provide a case study for the role of the housing market in regional employment markets.
Urban Land Magazine
The housing crisis calls for creative solutions.
Curbed
Large investment companies are betting against homeownership—by buying up homes in suburban areas and putting them on the rental market.
The Wall Street Journal
