Section 8

In what may be one of the strangest twists to the housing market crisis, Section 8 housing tenants are moving from urban housing projects and into high-end condo complexes and single-family McMansions that just a few years ago sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The reason? Landlords are...

With the current recession coming to an end, housing is still one of the main topics of discussion. In particular, affordable housing faces a serious shortfall in the next four years. Many existing Section 8 developments have government contracts that are approaching expiration, which allow the...

Real estate prices have bottomed out. Depending on the market-- Las Vegas, Arizona, Southern California -- house prices can be insanely low. In Broward County, Fla., for example, homes that once cost more than $200,000 can be had for as little as $30,000, many as foreclosures. Now that the days...