Housing

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

Poor planning didn't just aggravate the area's housing problem: it helped create the Valley's growing empathy gap.

• By Daniel Harris

Residents can get up to $75,000 to build a "granny flat"—if they open it up to a homeless family.

• By Linda Poon

Experts agree: Creating affordable housing to combat the effects of gentrification is a key factor in tackling climate change. But is it enough?

• By DeAndrea Salvador

Why do so many minority borrowers, even those with good credit, end up with high-cost loans?

• By Dwyer Gunn