In the Media

Baby Boomers are on the move, and it’s not just to the warmer Southern states. While the South continues to appeal to this age group, Boomers also are moving westward, notably to cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix.

If you want to know why home prices have skyrocketed, surpassing even the bubble price levels of 2005-2006, the answer is right under your feet.

Most cities and towns in Greater Boston aren't building enough housing to keep up with population growth, and that is helping to perpetuate the region's long and deep racial and class divides.

According to the State of the Nation's Housing report released this week, the median income household in Los Angeles and Orange counties could afford only 12.7% of the homes that sold in 2017.

The Trump administration will explore using federal programs to push local governments to soften or eliminate rules that block housing construction. Mr. Carson has made easing barriers for the private sector to build housing the signature issue of his tenure as HUD secretary.

Americans spend more than $400 billion a year on residential renovations and repairs, according to the Improving America's Housing report — and June is one of the busiest times of the year for upgrades.

Rents are rising. Land prices are rising. Homelessness is rising. What isn’t rising? The amount of affordable housing available in the United States and, perhaps more importantly, average income is falling for some households.

The economy right now is strong, but wages aren't keeping pace. That means more middle-class families across the nation are struggling to find homes at rents they can afford.

The State of the Nation's Housing, released Tuesday, shows "persistently weak" production of new houses and apartments is barely meeting demand, driving up prices beyond the reach of many Americans.

For most of recent American history, presidential campaigns have largely overlooked the question of housing, but in the 2020 campaign the Democratic presidential field is littered with proposals to ease the affordability crunch plaguing America's most prosperous cities.