It’s happening. Not good.
As of now, bills have been introduced in several states to block corporate ownership of single-family homes.
Arizona. Connecticut. Indiana. New Hampshire. New York. Oklahoma. Texas. Utah. Virginia.
Several of these have been filed just in...
Easing regulatory burden in housing market a top priority for HUD, Turner says
Former NFL player Scott Turner described easing housing development “regulatory burdens” as his top priority if he were to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), during testimony before the Senate...
Post fires, California policymakers commit to dysfunctional insurance regulations
Things are going from bad to worse in California’s property insurance market, raising the specter of a public bailout of the state’s insurer of last resort and more private insurance companies fleeing the state.
On...
Opportunity Zones: A path forward
Opportunity Zones (OZs) have emerged as a significant tool in driving investment into underdeveloped areas, offering a compelling case for their continuation and expansion. Since their inception in 2017, OZs have attracted nearly $100...
Preserving affordable housing in the Trump era
The United States is experiencing a rental housing crisis. There is a shortage of affordable housing, and many renters struggle to pay rent. Making matters worse, thousands of the nation’s affordable housing units are...
Run like an apartment developer
Tariffs and trade-offs
Critics warn that tariffs will lead to inflation. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis found that tariffs would also slash deficits by as much as $2.9 trillion over the next decade—with...
American greatness
Builders, creators, makers. We understand what we have before us. The greatest renovation of our lifetimes.
Builders are all too familiar with the hard work of intelligent disruption. Renovations are not just a business, but...
Mass deportations loom for apartments
In the week after President Donald Trump took the oath of office for the second time, the news was full of reports of raids on workplaces by federal agents, arrests of illegal immigrants, and...
HUD gets its first chief with real-world housing experience
On February 5, the U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Turner as secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner takes over the position from Marcia L. Fudge, who announced her retirement last year.
Turner...
Our cities are zoned out
Urban zoning is an issue on which the left and the right often find common ground: they don’t like it. The left often because they want the freedom to build multifamily and affordable housing...
The state of affordable housing
Housing affordability has emerged as a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential election. Both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump have talked about what they would do to increase the supply of...
Fannie Mae admits multifamily loan fraud losses in SEC filing
The signs were there. Reports of instances of alleged multifamily loan fraud through Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The latter finally offered an admission of the problem in its latest 10-Q filing with the...
Insurance costs batter multifamily housing pros
Several hurricanes and tropical storms tore wide paths of mayhem and destruction through the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States this year. Just one of these disasters, Hurricane Helene, caused more than $87 billion in...
Renters slow their roll
Over a third of U.S. renters have lived in the same home for at least five years—up from 28.4 percent a decade ago according to a new report from Redfin. Economic fundamentals are likely...
Breaking up is hard to do
The Biden administration has four active cases targeting big tech, all in the theme of antitrust. Does CX matter in the effort of shrink Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta?
Google was ordered to sell off...
