Tenancy-in-common housing gaining popularity in Los Angeles

Collectively owned housing is growing in popularity in Los Angeles and beyond as prices for more conventional homes remain out of reach for many buyers. Continue reading

Rent control is getting more popular, but does it actually work?

Rents are rising faster than inflation and there is unlikely to be a “significant softening of rental markets.” Continue reading

Reformers at the gate: Progressives set their sights on the housing market

In cities across the country, housing advocates, civil rights groups and defenders of the homeless are chipping away at housing laws, one state at a time. Why now? Continue reading

Washington DC’s rent-control laws hang in the balance

Affordable housing advocates are taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. this weekend in an attempt to push council members to adopt stronger rent-control laws. Continue reading

Trade group and landlords divided on rent control law in California

The law exempts most apartments built within the past 15 years, and, thanks to lobbying by the California Association of Realtors, doesn’t apply to most single-family homes. Continue reading

Affordability is ‘getting worse, not better’: Report

An alarming new report says 90 percent of the new houses being built today can be purchased by just 10 percent of American households. Student debt and lack of building are a couple of factors to blame. Continue reading

California close to rent control despite Realtor opposition

California is on the verge of passing rent control, underlining a growing movement across the U.S. to provide more protection to tenants amid rising housing costs.  Continue reading

Rents in the U.S. just keep going up and up

The average rent was up 3.2 percent year-over-year in June. Last month also saw the biggest average rent increase in more than a year Continue reading

Rents are rising, but the US lacks sufficient middle income housing

Recent years have been a boon for landlords and a recession doesn’t appear imminent, though the multifamily housing market does face some challenges. Continue reading