Housing

The mile high city's most historic and culturally unique neighborhoods are at risk of erasure due to the skyrocketing rents forcing out the local population.

• By Jennifer Oldham

An EPA rollback of Obama-era water protections could be particularly harmful to places like Harris County, which is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey.

• By Sophie Kasakove

Warren's proposed housing bill is attempting to address both the housing shortage and the devaluation of homes—while also hinting at reparations.

• By Kriston Capps

The D.C. Housing Authority is offering very favorable terms to landlords.

• By Rebecca Gale

The city of Philadelphia has launched a pilot program that provides legal services for low-income tenants in housing court—and it's already seeing results.

• By Karim Doumar

A federal jury awarded $75,000 to a couple after their homeowners association tried to prevent them from putting on a week-long Christmas extravaganza. It's a rare loss for homeowners associations, which usually have a broad authority for Grinchiness.

• By Jack Denton

In the short-term rental market, the key factors are location, location, and cheekbones.

• By Tom Jacobs

It's California's original housing sin, a binding not-in-my-backyard clause that has forced municipalities to adopt creative workarounds to build low-income housing.

• By Kriston Capps

A new study found that folks who acquired subsidized health insurance through Obamacare were 25 percent less likely to miss paying their rent or mortgage on time.

• By Kriston Capps

Some real estate speculators are already putting bets on the fact that housing prices in the winning city will inflate fast.

• By Sarah Holder

The rent and mortgage payments are still too damn high.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The state election could serve as an effective referendum on Angela Merkel's government.

• By Emma Sarappo

New research from the Federal Reserve concludes the economic recovery hasn't produced much wealth for most Americans.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Pacific Standard writer Jack Denton speaks with a childhood friend about the daily realities of living without a home.

• By Jack Denton

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