Teachers can’t afford housing, so school districts are building homes
Molly Bolan · Route Fifty · 4 January 2024
Teachers often do not earn enough to cover housing costs. It’s a challenge exacerbating an already dire teacher shortage in many communities, pushing some school districts to dive right into the housing industry.
New York City Aims to Build Affordable Housing in Wealthier Neighborhoods
Mihir Zaveri · New York Times · 26 December 2023
New York City officials on Tuesday will put forward a plan to direct public money toward mixed-income housing projects in wealthier neighborhoods.
How College Football Is Clobbering Housing Markets Across the Country
Allison Salerno · New York Times · 18 December 2023
Short-term rentals are taking over college towns.
Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and Winning
Nicholas Kristof · New York Times · 22 November 2023
The Houston region has slashed homelessness by more than 60 percent since 2011.
The Old New Way to Provide Cheap Housing
Nicholas Kristof · New York Times · 9 December 2023
An old idea is coming around again, an approach to providing inexpensive housing that’s gaining ground around the country:converting single-family houses to rooming houses.
Why townhouses are the stars of the Twin Cities area housing market
Jim Buchta · StarTribune · 2 December 2023
During October, townhouse sales in the metro rose 6.5% compared with last year, compared with a nearly 8% decline in single-family sales, according to the latest data from the Minneapolis Area Realtors.
Striking the right balance to attract affordable housing
Ben Horowitz and Zakary Yudhishthu · Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis · 3 October 2023
How the Bloomington MN Opportunity Housing Ordinance both mandates more affordable units and satisfies developers.
Affordable housing should be built across the Twin Cities, but instead we keep fighting
Evan Ramstad · StarTribune · 25 October 2023
Affordable housing is now an economic imperative.
Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix?
Teo Armus and Yifan Luo · Washington Post · 20 October 2023
Missing middle housing doesn’t refer to the middle class. Rather, it’s about a certain kind of housing — including townhouses, duplexes and small garden apartments.
Cities try every tool to fix the housing crisis except what works By Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell · Washington Post · 20 October 2023
Across the country, demand for affordable housing continues to exceed supply. The solution, then, should be clear: increase supply, by making it easier to build.