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Marketplace

Demand for apartments hits 5-year high

Overall the share of renters has fallen for the past two years, as homeownership has increased, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, but that's after years of growth in renters following the recession and foreclosure crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Rents on controlled apartments in Los Angeles can now rise 4%. Blame inflation

As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn't 3%. The larger increase reflects higher inflation levels and comes as rising rents have been blamed for crimping household budgets and driving people into homelessness.

Governing

Rendezvous With Density

The housing crisis has forced cities from Minneapolis to Seattle, Philadelphia to Austin, and the entire state of California to walk headlong into a portion of urban policy that has long been a political minefield: going after single-family zoning.

The New York Times

Not Enough Homes, and the Wrong Kind

Home building has barely kept pace with the number of new households in the United States over the last eight years, and much of what is being built is aimed at the higher end of the market, according to the State of the Nation's Housing report.