Business Insider, March 21, 2024-Cork GainesHousing affordability is a problem in the US, and helping with those costs could be the carrot companies need to get employees back to the …
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White House Targets Local Zoning Restrictions in Push to Address Rising Housing Costs
The Hill, March 21, 2024-Julia ShaperoThe White House took aim at local zoning restrictions for their role in driving rising housing costs in the president’s annual economic report Thursday.Click here for …
Micro-Apartments Are Back After Nearly a Century, as Need for Affordable Housing Soars
Associated Press, March 21, 2024-Hallie Golden and Claire RushEvery part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.Click here for more (subscription)
Windowless Rooms and Town-Gown Battles: How Student Housing Got Expensive
The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2024-Shane ShifflettClemson University didn’t have enough dorms on campus for its students. Private developers—including the family of the school’s president—are stepping in.Click here for more …
South Florida and Bay Area Truly a Tale of Two Apartment Markets
Globe St., March 26, 2024-Richard BergerPopulation growth and employment gains have combined to create the greatest disparity in rent growth percentage between key apartment markets since the pandemic, according to …
The Office Market Is in Turmoil. So Why Are Rents More Expensive?
The Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2024-Peter GrantU.S. office markets are suffering from soaring vacancy rates, a record amount of available sublease space, and rising defaults. But curiously, office rents …
Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble
The New York Times, March 14, 2024-Alan RappeportIn San Francisco, a 20-story office tower that sold for $146 million a decade ago was listed in December for just $80 million.Click …
With Rising Rents, Some School Districts Are Trying to Find Teachers Affordable Housing
USA Today, March 14, 2024-Claire ThorntonWhen Kareem Wall was homeless last school year, his classroom couch became his spot for stealing a couple of hours of shut-eye after the school …
America’s Office Fire Sale Has Barely Begun
Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2024–Carol RyanOffice-building owners have been under pressure since the Covid-19 pandemic hollowed out their buildings in early 2020. According to data from real-estate consulting firm …
CFPB Shifts Onus of Apartment Fraud Onto Owners
Multi-Housing News, March 18, 2024–Lew SichelmanThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fired a shot across the bow of the credit bureaus that landlords use to vet applicants, warning to landlords …