Affordable housing

More than two years ago, San Francisco adopted an aggressive plan to add more housing, including affordable homes, along transit corridors. But can it fulfill its promise?

A judge's ruling in San Mateo County is raising fears among developers and advocates for more housing construction that the state will lose its leverage for forcing cities to build their way out of California's affordability crisis.

Proposals by a couple of firms that sought support from Washington Ind. officials to get special housing credits to finance the projects were turned down by the state.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking public feedback on federal, state and local laws and regulations that may inhibit affordable housing or constrain the supply of housing.

The House Financial Services chair is sponsoring a bill with one of the Democratic presidential contenders aimed at alleviating the public housing capital backlog.

Median home prices rose annually by more than the national average of 8.3% in nearly half of low-income areas with certain tax advantages, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Elizabeth Warren called out Blackstone Group Inc. for its real estate practices as she laid out her tenants' rights plan, accusing the company of "shamelessly" profiting from the 2008 housing crisis.

Orange County's Housing For All task force has unveiled a 10-year plan to add tens of thousands of new homes and establish for the first time a local funding source that could pump $160 million into fighting Orlando's affordable housing crisis.

The housing bond measure, the largest of its kind in San Francisco's history, comes as the ballooning wage inequality has sent the city's homeless population skyrocketing 17% over the last two years.

Apple will contribute $2.5 billion toward easing the housing crisis in California, joining other technology companies in helping alleviate a problem they are often blamed for exacerbating.

Facebook Inc. is following other tech titans like Microsoft Corp. and Google, pledging to use its deep pockets to ease the affordable housing shortage in West Coast cities.

BART will remove 600 parking spots from Millbrae Station to make way for 400 apartments, including 100 for low-income tenants — 80 of them prioritized for veterans.

Single-family homes sold briskly last month in the Colorado Springs area, while prices rose again — good news for sellers, but an increasingly tough time for entry-level buyers trying to find an affordable house.

RESIMAC Bastille Trust RESIMAC Series 2019-1NC is an Australian-dollar (AUD) $1 billion transaction (approximately US$674.5 million) that will feature a US$250 million Class A-1 tranche of notes, according to Fitch.

Ask someone looking to rent a reasonably priced apartment in Santa Fe, N.M., to describe their experience and they will likely sum it up this way: Frustrating.

The Federal Housing Administration chief has already been serving as the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Miami-Dade's housing affordability crisis is so dire, it now poses as much of a threat to the region as sea level rise, according to Florida International University's Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center.

The creation of new houses in Rochester, Minn., is on the decline.

Guild Mortgage, which originated loans on some of the first manufactured homes eligible for new lower-rate Fannie Mae financing, anticipates demand for this housing type will continue to grow this year.

As the affordable housing crisis comes to a head, the Mortgage Bankers Association put up opposition to the "not in my backyard" mindset by getting behind the Yes, In My Backyard bill introduced in the House of Representatives.