Rent
How the Next President Might Take on the Housing Crisis
Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren have all announced housing plans.
Report: Location-Based Rent Premiums Are a Good Investment
If the rent is too damn high, it might still be a good investment.
Rents Dip in Some Expensive Cities
A building boom in cities like Seattle has slowed rising rents, but experts don't see this as a lasting trend.
Rent Down 3.9% for Apartments in the Nation's Capital
After years of rising rents D.C., 2017 brought a bump in new apartment supply and a dip in apartment rents around the city.
Rents and Inequity Rising Together
U.S. landlords are getting a bigger share of the economic pie than they ever have before, according to new government data.
Eviction Hot Spot: Chicago's South Shore
Rising rents and low income residents have made this South Side neighborhood a locus for evictions and forced moves.
Relief for the High-End Renter in Portland
Portland has built many new apartments in the city's core, and that seems to be slowing down rent growth in the area.
San Diego Doubled Housing Units Downtown and Rents Still Increased
San Diego invested $1.5 billion in tax increment to increase housing in its downtown but displaced affordable housing with unaffordable housing. Housing planner, developer and advocate, Murtaza Baxamusa gives some answers and asks some questions.
Policy Ideas That Support Renters
Renters can't access the tax breaks afforded to home buyers, like the mortgage interest tax deduction, so a Terner Center for Housing Innovation paper looks at policies that could put renters on a more even footing with home buyers.
Some Big Cities See Shrinking Rents
Even as rents continue to rise nationally, some of the most expensive cities like San Jose, San Francisco, and New York have seen rents fall this year.
The Market Rate of a Shorter Commute
Analysis by FiveThirtyEight offers a lesson in trade-offs. In this case: how much more New Yorkers are willing to pay for less time spent commuting.
How Process Stops Change in San Francisco
San Francisco loves process and fears change. It's costing residents in more ways than housing, laments David Prowler, former Special Assistant to Mayor Willie Brown.
Study: Cities Gaining Post-Recession Economic Clout
As the dust settles from the Great Recession—evidence is growing to support the growing relevance of urban areas in the overall economic picture of the United States.
Rising Rents Leaving the Middle Class Behind
A Harvard study has found that those making $45,000 per year are struggling to meet the increasing cost of rent in cities across the country.
How NIMBYism Contributes to San Francisco's Housing Shortage
A pattern of opposition to housing projects that leads to the underdevelopment of land has contributed to a housing shortage in San Francisco, writes planning consultant Jim Chappell.
Supply and Demand Denialism
Some progressives deny that the law of supply and demand applies to housing.
Where Have all the Affordable Cities Gone?
Angie Schmitt follows up on an earlier report by the Citizen's Budget Commission that made an argument for the affordability of cities like New York City, with its large network of cheap transportation.
Los Angeles is the Least Affordable Rental Market in the Country
A new study confirmed that the average Los Angeles renter allocates 47 percent of their paycheck towards rent.
New York City Ranks Highly for 'Location Affordability'
A comparative analysis by the Citizens Budget Commission provides a softer take on the "affordability crisis" making so much news in New York City. The conclusion of the study is that New York City is more affordable than many other large cities.
Gentrification and High Rents—Not Quite the Same Thing
Public concern about gentrification is based on fears that out-of-control rents are pricing out the middle and lower classes. But rent is rising even in places where gentrification is not happening.
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