30 Issues: Big Housing
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: The state of post-bubble housing policy and federal government's role in the...
View ArticleHousing Less Affordable Under Bloomberg
WNYC reporter, Cindy Rodriguez, discusses her reporting which found that the rent burden has become greater during the Bloomberg years.
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Bad bargain? Manufactured homeowners feel the financial strain
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioSTEPHEN FEE: In 2006, Carla burr was looking for a new home. At the time, she owned a condominium in Manassas, Virginia, just southwest of Washington, DC.Initially, she...
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The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: The fight to build more housing in an area where prices are through the roof.Special correspondent Duarte Geraldino reports from the San Francisco Bay...
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Sales of new homes hit 8-year high in June
New home sales are up more than 10 percent since the beginning of the year compared to 2015. Photo by Jim R. Bounds/BloombergJune was the swiftest month for new single-family house sales in more than...
View ArticleAfter the bubble burst
America’s housing bust created both winners and losers – and homeowners have been the biggest losers. Last year, the rate of homeownership in the U.S. hit its lowest point since the 1960s. So who are...
View ArticleThe red line: Racial disparities in lending
It’s been 10 years since the great housing bust and lending is back. Not everyone is getting a fair shot at getting a loan. In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny loans...
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