Demand on the Rise as Sellers List their Homes and Buy New Ones
September’s rate drop and increase in new listings led to October’s increase in pending sales, but could rising rates in…
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Manufacturing affordable homeownership, one unit at a time
August 31, 2024 By Gabriella Chiarenza Manufactured homes are making a comeback. With much of the country’s for-purchase housing…
California Governor Signs New Laws to Help Communities Address Homelessness
What you need to know: Governor Newsom signed into law two crucial bills designed to expand housing options and provide greater…
HUD Expands Access to Housing for Veterans
New HUD policy changes will enable veterans with service-connected disability benefits access more housing opportunities August 19, 2024 Washington DC…
New Report Shows Rent is Unaffordable for Half or Renters as Cost Burdens Surge to Record Levels Across the U.S.
July 14, 2024 Cambridge, MA (Highpoint Digest)– Climbing rents have propelled cost burdens to staggering new heights: in 2022, half…
HUD Reach Settlement with California Housing Providers Resolving Claim of Disability Discrimination
July 06, 2024 Washington, DC (Highpoint Digest) − The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Tuesday, that…
NLIHC and Lawyers’ Committee Addresses Supreme Court Case on Criminalization of Homelessness
Amicus brief argues that criminalization fails to address root causes of homelessness and only exacerbates the crisis June…
Across 26 US metropolitans, majority of Americans say they have experienced housing discrimination
Fifty-seven percent of all respondents in a recent Zillow survey reported experiencing housing discrimination of some kind.
NLIHC Releases “The Gap 2023” Study: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
Significant federal investments needed to address the shortage of 7.3 million affordable and available homes for the nation’s lowest-income renters
Realtors® Finds Elevated Home Prices and Mortgage Rates, Limited Inventory Created Home Buying Barriers, Across Races and Ethnicities
Asian (27%), Hispanic (24%), Black (20%), and White (15%) prospective home buyers say they have not yet bought a home…