affordable housing

Last decade's bipolar housing market is over. The ups, the downs, the thrills, the spills -- largely behind us. Yes, prices and sales are stuck in neutral in large swaths of the country. But let's ring in the new decade optimistically, with Walletpop's Top 10 List of the Best Places to Buy a Home...

Buyers still wondering if conditions finally are perfect for jumping into the housing market can look at five major U.S. metropolitan areas to get a resounding "yes" to that question. Super-low interest rates -- a 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 4.42% for the week ending Thursday (last year...

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...

A roller skating rink in San Jose, California is being threatened with demolition to make way for 150 studio apartments for the working poor built by the non-profit Charities Housing. Now, you would think that is a pretty good thing, at least at first glance. But not so fast. And, not if you happen...

If you're looking for cities where the population, jobs and household income are growing -- imagine that -- then head for Texas. Or Tennessee, North Carolina or Georgia. They are among a small group of states that have shown surprising expansion, despite the recession, according to a survey on the...

More than 700 people lined up for a chance at something as rare in Los Angeles as snowplows and trustworthy agents: affordable housing.The Hollywood Community Housing Corp. was giving out applications -- just 240 of them -- for a lottery that would result in some lucky families getting into one of...

With the U.S. housing market currently plummeting, it's easy to forget that there are places in this hemisphere where the housing choices aren't McMansion or fixer-upper, house or condo, or even owning versus renting. For the approximately one million workers in Mexico's maquiladora factories,...

Dwell reports that the American Institute of Architects has given BSB Designs a 2008 Small Projects Award for its Abod housing unit -- a $1500 solution to South Africa's housing shortage. According to Dwell: "Each home packs flat and can be assembled by four people with a screwdriver and awl (both...