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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.
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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?
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Tariff Barrage: Here's What Homebuilders Need to Know
Sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are shaking up homebuilding costs, supply chains, and buyer confidence. The real risk? The uncertainty that follows.
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Policy Whiplash Fogs Housing Outlook: The Uncertainty Effect
As housing stakeholders -- in a bid to "bend the arc" of policy to spark housing development -- pursue standing among Trump priorities, an economist foresees a return of higher inflation and further harm to those interests.
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'Missing Middle' Gains Ground As Localities Face Housing Dearth
Washington state’s sweeping zoning reform signals momentum for restoring housing options that were once common but have since been zoned out of existence. As home prices soar and housing shortages deepen, localities face legal hurdles and community pushback as they strive to add density solutions.
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Policy 03.11.25
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 03.10.25
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?
Policy 03.04.25
Tariff Barrage: Here's What Homebuilders Need to Know
Sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are shaking up homebuilding costs, supply chains, and buyer confidence. The real risk? The uncertainty that follows.
Policy 02.28.25
Policy Whiplash Fogs Housing Outlook: The Uncertainty Effect
As housing stakeholders -- in a bid to "bend the arc" of policy to spark housing development -- pursue standing among Trump priorities, an economist foresees a return of higher inflation and further harm to those interests.
Policy 02.21.25
'Missing Middle' Gains Ground As Localities Face Housing Dearth
Washington state’s sweeping zoning reform signals momentum for restoring housing options that were once common but have since been zoned out of existence. As home prices soar and housing shortages deepen, localities face legal hurdles and community pushback as they strive to add density solutions.
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