Housing

Just over two weeks ago, California lawmakers were planning to advance some of the most aggressive policies in the nation to combat rising housing costs.

Big and bold ideas often bomb out in the Legislature. And the biggest bill of this young session — a proposal to spur high-density housing — just blew up.

Even as he blocked a major legislative push to spur more apartment construction around public transit and in wealthy suburbs, state Sen. Anthony Portantino acknowledged the need to address a shortage of housing in California.

If you live in a single-family home in California, it's likely everyone else in your neighborhood does, too.

A state senate bill making its way through Sacramento could mean high density housing gets built along transit stops throughout San Diego County.

As part of a settlement with the National Fair Housing Alliance and the American Civil Liberties Union, the social media platform will no longer allow certain advertisers to target users by age, gender or ZIP code.

The House Financial Services Committee debated legislation Wednesday to reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, but no clear solution emerged.

As Huntington Beach prepares for a lengthy battle with the state of California over its affordable housing goals, the city of Pismo Beach is preparing for a battle of its own as it tries to attract more low-income housing to the traditionally wealthy area.

Modular houses typically referred to as tiny homes could be a quick, relatively cheap living option for residents recovering from Hurricane Michael.

Several new members of the House Financial Services Committee with backgrounds in housing could use their experience to address Chairman Maxine Waters' top agenda items.

A lapse in rental-assistance funding, an understaffed FHA and other effects of the government shutdown are causing real harm to families, said the chair of the House Financial Services Committee.

After 10 years of conservatorship, the new year could finally usher in big steps toward housing finance reform.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities slowed in October for a seventh consecutive month, extending the longest streak since 2014, a sign of waning demand amid higher mortgage rates and elevated property values.

A proposal allowing more lenders to skip outside appraisals could remove a hurdle to quick closings, but appraisers say they could be collateral damage.

The current deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Pam Patenaude, will step down in January.

Rising home prices and climbing mortgage rates pulled down affordability to the lowest point since before the housing market crash.

Under the Federal Housing Finance Agency's plan, small Home Loan banks would face a new housing benchmark and a volume threshold for meeting the goals would be eliminated.

The fight for stronger rent control in California appears headed for a fiery demise, according to the latest poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday to streamline housing development around BART stations and ease the Bay Area's epic affordable housing problem at the expense of local officials' decision-making powers over land use.

Thirty states told the Council of Development Finance Agencies they issued mortgage revenue bonds in 2017 compared to only 18 that issued mortgage credit certificates.