Housing

Overturning limits on rent control will be on the ballot in California this November now that organizers have garnered enough signatures to certify Proposition 10.

• By Karim Doumar

A federal judge issued an order on Wednesday that will prevent hundreds of Puerto Rican families who fled from Hurricane Maria from being evicted from hotels and motels across the United States—at least until August 31st.

• By Jack Herrera

A public design commission has created a guide that instructs developers in how to create more coherent design for housing projects across the city.

• By Teresa Mathew

A new report finds that, all across the country, minimum-wage workers don't earn enough to rent a two-bedroom home.

• By Dwyer Gunn

On the coastlines of America, many home buyers are ignoring the new realities of storms and floods—and, in too many cases, the government isn't helping.

• By Sophie Yeo

The new standard will bring the state closer to meeting its climate goals.

• By Kate Wheeling

Workers in several Bay Area counties would need to earn four times the minimum wage to pay the median rent for an apartment, a new report finds.

• By Rebecca Worby

The Houston City Council approved a developer's plan to build hundreds of homes in a floodplain. But future flooding is all but inevitable.

• By Rebecca Worby

Soaring commercial real estate prices are a sign of a thriving pot industry in Denver—but low-income communities of color are taking a disproportionate property-tax hit.

• By Charlotte West

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson plans to propose rent increases of up to 300 percent for low-income households, the Washington Post reports.

• By Kate Wheeling

Through shifting control of land use policy from local to regional governments, SB 827 wants to reduce the Golden State's cost of housing.

• By Issi Romem

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• By Ben Rowen
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Homeowners are getting high, and so is the value of their residences.

• By Tom Jacobs

The latest research suggests that we shouldn't be blaming environmental laws for inhibiting development.

• By Candace Butera

Blame the lack of affordable housing options in the Los Angeles area.

• By Candace Butera

New research finds that housing instability can affect the mental and physical health of family members of all ages.

• By Candace Butera

Two poverty researchers talk about the social forces reinforcing the cycle of segregation.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A small church in Minneapolis is working to stave off the effects of rising neighborhood housing costs by unifying communities through religion.

• By Serena Solomon

The ruling liberal government has recently introduced a piece of legislation that points to its desire to treat housing as a right for all citizens.

• By Benjamin Schneider

Though there are practical obstacles to school integration, it's not an unreachable ideal.

• By Rachel Cohen & Will Stancil

To battle an outbreak, officials in San Diego have had to rethink the way they provide housing for the homeless.

• By Emily Moon

People around the U.S. are rediscovering their fondness for a classic architectural staple.

• By Lynn Freehill-Maye

Faced with a growing housing problem, Berlin boroughs have started to pay for homeless E.U. migrants to return to their native country.

• By Feargus O'Sullivan

Local organizers are pushing hard to get rent control on a spring referendum—but can their efforts succeed?

• By Elizabeth King