In the Media

Under California’s Costa-Hawkins law, Oakland’s rent-control ordinance cannot apply to single-family homes. And the number of California tenants living in single-family homes, many of them bought out of foreclosure by investors, is up to nearly 8 million.

A new survey joins a growing body of research showing that rent-burdened Americans pay for high housing costs with worse health outcomes.

Since 1960, renters’ incomes have increased by only 5% while rents have risen 61%. Whoever wants to be president should say how they’ll solve this crisis.

“Everybody has a rooftop grilling area or a dog park,” but renters want app-centric convenience and a bond with their neighbors

Every two years, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, one of the premiere reporting institutions on the remodeling industry, releases its assessment of the market. The report delves into everything from what kinds of properties are being remodeled, to who’s paying for them. Here are some of the major takeaways from the recently released report

A report last year by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies said that more than half of the nation’s households are headed by someone at least 50 years old, and many struggle to pay for housing and other necessities.

The rising cost of housing has become an issue on the presidential campaign trail for one of the first times in living memory, thrilling advocates who are hopeful that tackling housing affordability can merit inclusion on a crowded 2020 Democratic policy agenda.

According to a new report, more than 10 percent of households live with the burden of extremely high housing costs. Where people spend more than half of their income on housing, it is more difficult to live better and longer.

Is owning a home still the American Dream? A look at the pros and cons of renting versus buying

A report from Harvard University found that spending on home improvement and repair has increased by 50 percent since the recession.