Tag: Housing
How millennials are affecting the price of your home
Jimmie Lenz, University of South Carolina
It used to be that everyone wanted to buy a home, seeking pleasure and security, as well as the...
Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be...
Jessica Owens-Young, American University
New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities...
Millennials are US$1 trillion in debt – but they’re better at...
Jimmie Lenz, University of South Carolina
New findings from the New York Federal Reserve reveal that millennials have now racked up over US$1 trillion of...
‘Just like home’. New survey finds most renters enjoy renting, although...
Steven Rowley, Curtin University and Amity James, Curtin University
One in every four Australian households rents, and it’s not just those on low incomes.
A new...
An open letter on rental housing reform
John Watson, The Conversation
Following a review of the New South Wales Residential Tenancies Act 2010 in 2016 and extended consultations, the NSW government has...
Is bigger really better?
Alexandra Staub, Pennsylvania State University
The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is inadequate, while luxury homes abound. Homelessness remains a persistent...
Ben Carson’s effort to ‘reform’ housing safety net would deepen poverty...
Alex Schwartz, The New School
The Trump administration recently proposed fundamental changes to how the federal government helps low-income families pay for housing.
Housing and...
The world needs to build more than two billion new homes...
Sean Smith, Edinburgh Napier University
By the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half – that’s another 3.6 billion people....