Policy

Immigration’s Double Role in Homebuilding’s Present, Future

Immigrants are key to solving both the labor crunch and -- believe it or not -- an eventual household demand shortfall. But only if policy allows them to stay, build, and thrive.

Policy

States Raise Stakes In Bid To Rid Vacant Properties Of Squatters

Data on squatting is scant. The National Rental Housing Council surveyed members and released the results. Atlanta topped the country with an estimated 1,200 homes taken over by squatters, while Dallas-Fort Worth had 475 homes.

Policy

Rent Protections Choke Supply, Drive Rents Higher, Data Says

Has a century-high monument to sweeping American renter protections — many of them designed to battle greed, corruption and their byproduct inhumane living conditions common among rental properties of the past — become one of the cudgels to obliterate 21st-century solutions?

Leadership

Homebuilders Must Fight Like Hell For A Tariff Reprieve — Now

As Spring Selling season unfolds, new tariffs on key homebuilding's supply chain threaten to price out thousands of buyers, disrupt costs, and stall momentum by introducing uncertainty that could harm markets indefinitely. Industry leaders must take a vocal stand.