Rent control proponents like to argue that the policy will make housing more affordable. Now they're claiming it will also make it more accessible to people with disabilities. That's the thrust of a ...
The Biden-Harris administration’s nationwide rent-cap proposal to limit annual rent increases to 5 percent for large landlords regardless of their expenses or inflation will exacerbate the shortage of ...
New York City and other urban centers are hoping rent control rules will ease the housing crunch. But deeper solutions – ...
In communities across the country, including here in Cincinnati, the issue of housing affordability is reaching a crisis point. Millions of Americans are struggling to find homes they can afford, ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following is an analysis authored by Caitlin Sugrue Walter, Ph.D.: A new survey of 45 economists from elite institutions found near universal agreement that national ...
New York state is the prime example of the problems with rent control laws because the laws have been on the books for eighty years and the housing shortage only gets worse each year, writes ...
Housing Committee members heard familiar arguments this week on a wide-ranging bill that aims to increase affordable housing supply in Connecticut. While opponents argued for local control and less ...
LA has had rent control for decades. Still, most of the city’s renters pay more than what the federal government considers ...
Marin planning commissioners are pushing back against county staff on housing policy, accusing them of kowtowing to state officials and manipulating local oversight. The conflict flared up during a ...
Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...