Tag: Housing
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....
Mortgage interest deduction is a terrible way to help middle-class homeowners
Gil B. Manzon Jr., Boston College
Republican lawmakers’ plans to rewrite the tax code would make it harder for most Americans to take advantage of...
Gentrification? Bring it
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Andrew Deener, University of Connecticut
In July, a group of long-time, mostly Latino residents of Los Angeles’s Boyle...
EXPLORING NATURE
Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language
Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University
Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with...
