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Condos—a Key Source of Affordable Housing for Homeowners—Are in Jeopardy
Decades of increasing costs and deferred maintenance could lead to people losing their homes, unless changes are made.
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Is a Subsidy for Single-Family Homes in Distressed Areas Closer to Becoming Reality?
The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, which is targeted for census tracts with lower home prices, lower resident incomes, and elevated rates of poverty, is gaining bipartisan support.
This Moment Calls for Finally Making Homeownership Access Fair
The worsening housing crisis shows that we must develop comprehensive tools and programs to keep families housed and their assets preserved.
Don’t Just Defer Loans—Start Modifying Loans Now
We have learned how to successfully provide broad-based mortgage payment relief to millions of American households in need. There’s nothing to stop us this time around from doing it right.
Increasing Access to Affordable Housing in Indian Country
There is a strong desire for homeownership among Native households, but a set of obstacles specific to Native lands are getting in the way.
Don’t Diminish the Importance of Homeownership in CRA Reform
A significant reduction in attention paid to home mortgage lending on CRA exams would be neither economically efficient nor equitable.
Time to Delink Homeownership from Asset Building
Using homeownership as an asset-building mechanism and retirement plan might not be a great thing for our society.
Same Challenges, Bigger Numbers: 30 Years of Reporting on The State of the Nation’s Housing
While each annual State of the Nation’s Housing report has documented housing changes incrementally, looking back 30 years provides a unique frame of reference for just exactly how much worse housing affordability challenges have become.
The CLT Solution: In Suburbia and Beyond
After 30 years and the development of thousands of units of affordable housing, the Long Island Housing Partnership Inc. and its affiliates are now concentrating on the Community Land Trust model.
The Not-So Hidden Truths About the Segregation of America’s Housing
Our conversation with The Color of Law author Richard Rothstein on uncovering truths about our not-so distant history of federally mandated racial segregation in housing.
The State of Shared-Equity Homeownership
Though the need is greater than ever for resale-restricted, affordable homes, the growth of this model of homeownership appears to be limited.
Community Control Gives Families Hope for the Future
Because we have our own home we have the liberty to dream, act, and influence our community. We have a unique opportunity as land trust homeowners as we are part of affordable homeownership today, tomorrow, and forever.
Homeowners Reap Profits While Fueling Housing Crisis
The widespread critique of California’s SB 827 got me thinking about why nobody talks about those really profiting from land use decisions that inflate their property values: homeowners.