Housing
Housing is a critical area of focus for local and state government agencies, addressing the need for affordable, safe, and accessible living conditions for all residents. Governments are tasked with developing policies and programs that support housing development, zoning, and homelessness prevention. This directory offers articles on housing and related topics like planning, which examines the design and regulation of the physical spaces in which communities live and work, ensuring sustainable and equitable growth.
Governor Greg Abbott has tweeted videos that he calls evidence of the homeless threatening public safety in Texas’ capital city, and urged his nearly 330,000 followers to share more.
Between half and three-quarters of the developable land in much of the state is zoned for single-family housing, making denser growth off-limits there — aside from garage conversions or backyard units.
The new rule would redefine fair housing standards to place more emphasis on improving housing choice rather than reducing discrimination
2017 brings the most new apartments available in 10 years, but it’s harder to get construction loans, so 2018 numbers are expected to drop. Here’s why.
Fall is the new prime time season for homebuying in Seattle, Denver and San Francisco. Find out how new seasonality trends swing both inventory and prices.
The top five largest home building markets list is based on analysis of each city’s building permit data, and how it compares to historical permit averages. Spoiler: Texas is booming.
One architect believes designers need to look to the past, at site-appropriate and livable timber homes across the U.S., to build the suburbs of the future.
A Long Beach, Calif., police program pairing an officer with a mental health clinician finds long-term solutions to reduce vagrancy issues and homelessness
Amazon is often accused of being stingy. But with recent $1M donations, and by including a homeless shelter on a new campus, it may have found a cause.
See Trulia’s latest list of the fastest and slowest moving markets and learn about housing market inventories and the types of homes most wanted in 2017.
The bill would eliminate TIGER transportation grants, and earmark $2.9 billion for the Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG program.
Health and Human Services Secretary Thomas Price said that the LIHEAP energy assistance program that helps millions pay for heat is not a good performer.
Trulia and OKCupid crunched the numbers to figure out how gay populations have increased neighborhood values.
Smart Growth America wants to remind cities about the importance of developing walkable neighborhoods in their climate action plans
Homeless people can in theory get into Section 8 housing; explore voucher funding, how programs work and what homeless people encounter to get one
Apply for nationwide affordable housing grants in June and in the Fall for corporate foundation funding in 2017.
Grads may find work or high salaries, but not affordable housing in the same place. Find out which cities offer jobs, or better shots at the American Dream.
When Bridgeport landed as the 2017 #5 best place for recent grads to get a job, we wondered what else comes along with a ‘middleweight’ city’s rebirth.
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