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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just issued a major update on criminal-record screening and rolled back several prior guidance documents. This article explains what’s changed, what HUD expects from owners and operators of HUD-assisted housing, and what actions developers, owners, and management agents should take right away. For additional details, refer to HUD’s Screening Criminal Responsibilities Letter. Overview HUD has rescinded three major guidance documents governing the use of criminal records in housing decisions: Notice PIH 2015-19, Guidance for Public Housing Agencies and Owners of Federally Assisted Housing on Excluding the Use of Arrest... Read more
The housing market is expected to continue stabilizing in 2026 as affordability improves, drawing buyers back, according to Zillow. In a report, the home marketplace...
Real estate investors scouring affordable metros in search of bargains they can rent out at a healthy profit margin are reshaping those markets—and small-scale...
The nation’s largest housing assistance program, Section 8, is a lifeline for tenants across the nation who would otherwise be priced out of expensive housing...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Renters are almost three times more likely to be uninsured than homeowners (11.7% vs. 4.4%), and they rely more on public programs for...
Danielle Rickards is a 30-year-old single mother and a full-time caretaker to her 5-year-old daughter, who has a rare heart condition. For many Americans in similar circumstances, the pressures of affording rent and daily expenses are a constant and crushing burden. But she counts herself lucky: She found an affordable two-bedroom apartment in Grand Junction, Colorado, where rent is subsidized by the local housing authority. On top of that, she also receives a rare financial bonus, part of an experimental program to build equity for affordable housing tenants in Colorado. On the 18th of every month, Rickards receives a small cash stipend – $21.62 – in exchange for paying her rent on... Read more
A new report from Cotality reveals that investment homebuyers frequently overbid by up to 4.3% per property, often pay in cash, close quickly and are more likely to...
Imagine living in (or renting out) an apartment where rent doesn’t jump hundreds of dollars each year. The price stays steady, the lease keeps renewing, and tenants...
Homeownership may still be the American Dream, but for many younger buyers, that dream is increasingly being put on the back burner. A recent survey of more than 2,000...
Student renters make up a small but significant slice of the renter population. Compared to adults in full-time employment, students are much more likely to rent. And...
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