Edina Neighbors for Affordable Housing (ENAH) is an all-volunteer organization of Edina residents who believe that Edina should be an equitable, welcoming, and sustainable community with senior and workforce housing available for people of all income levels at all stages of life.

News

Our Solution to the Housing Crisis

New York Times · 18 September 2024

It’s becoming nearly impossible for working-class people to buy and keep a roof over their heads. Congress must respond with a plan that matches the scale of this crisis.

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The American Dream Without a House? Believe It

New York Times · 7 September 2024

As housing costs soar, younger adults are trying to reimagine prosperity — without the white picket fence.

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U.S. Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall

New York Times · 12 September 2024

The average rate on 30-year mortgages declined to 6.2 percent.

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Who’s Responsible for the Housing Crisis?

Atlantic · 3 September 2024

Local government is driving a housing crisis that is raising rents, lowering economic mobility and productivity, and negatively impacting wages.

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U.S. Accuses Software Maker RealPage of Enabling Collusion on Rents

New York Times · 23 August 2024

The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against the real estate software company, accusing it of creating an illegal pricing scheme to charge tenants more.

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Soaring Insurance Costs Could ‘End’ Affordable Housing, Developers Warn

New York Times · 25 August 2024

Developers and landlords of subsidized housing, who cannot raise rents or charge more for starter homes, say property insurance increases could put them out of business.

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What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

New York Times · 22 August 2024

A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s costly housing market in the rest of the country.

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Kamala Harris wants to stop Wall Street’s homebuying spree

Quartz · 16 August 2024

The Democratic presidential nominee is targeting investors that buy up and mark up homes in bulk, a growing trend that’s making the housing and rental market more expensive for Americans, the Harris campaign said.

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Inflation continues to subside, but Twin Cities housing prices aren’t helping

StarTribune · 15 August 2024

Interest rates, meant to tame inflation, have sidelined buyers and stalled new construction.

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The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed

New York Times · 8 July 2024

Opinion: Elevators in North America have become over-engineered, bespoke, handcrafted and expensive pieces of equipment that are unaffordable in all the places where they are most needed.

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Apartments Could Be the Next Real Estate Business to Struggle

New York Times · 4 July 2024

Interest rates, ratcheted higher by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation, have made mortgages much more expensive for building owners.

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Devean George’s north Minneapolis modular housing factory will open in fall, employ 320

StarTribune · 18 June 2024

Renovations are set to begin on a former printing press on N. Washington Avenue near the Minneapolis Farmers Market to transform it into a modular housing factory that will employ about 320 people.

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What ‘boommates’ are and why you might want to join them

Washington Post · 18 June 2024

Thousands of baby boomers are living with intergenerational housemates — a setup that could help ease the housing crunch and cut global warming emissions.

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Counterpoint: Actually, zoning changes are an answer

StarTribune · 16 June 2024

The land use status quo has long served to allow some cities to exclude affordable housing, in both explicit and implicit ways.

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