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The ROAD to Housing Act: The latest milestone in the history of American public housing

With 860,000 public housing units remaining, Congress locks in RAD authorization and extends its reach as investment totals $28.4 billion

In Berlin, affordable housing policy is winning elections. Can it in Scotland?

Scotland has a long way to go on affordable housing

HUD Expands Multifamily Mortgage Insurance to Built-to-Rent Developments

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a mortgagee letter to announce it is revising its policy to expand access to HUD-insured Federal Housing Administration...

Candidates pitch housing affordability fixes as a midterm gambit

Candidates pair pro-supply policies with populist proposals like investor limits, LIHTC expansion and down payment help

PM vows to boost housing supply

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook on Saturday vowed to increase financial and policy support for development projects to boost housing supply. Han made the remarks as she visited the s...

Housing Pay Schemes: Can Harare Find a Fair Balance Between Homeownership and Profit?

As the demand for affordable housing continues to challenge Harare, a strengthened housing pay scheme model could offer a pathway to homeownership—provided that transparency, accou...

A new NYC policy rebalances zoning powers in 12 city districts

Starting Jan. 1, qualifying affordable housing rezonings can follow a 90-day Planning Commission review without a Council vote

FIDES: Romania needs a national, affordable housing program

Romania needs a national, affordable housing program, adapted to local needs, and a functional legislative and financial framework, including for public-private partnerships (PPPs)...

Homebuyer help programs, new law aim to untie housing affordability knot

A bipartisan housing law that went into effect in June could be part of the answer to America’s housing affordability crisis, but it’s not expected to help immediately.

Putting the ROAD Act into action faces a funding and HUD gauntlet

HUD must handle about 70% of 125 federal actions, rulemakings often take 18 to 24 months, and agency staffing is down more than 30%

Emmanuel Igwe: You cannot seize your way out of a housing crisis

When people trust that their property would be secure, they would build, improve and let homes. If this trust is undermined, fewer homes would be built, let or brought back into us...

Support starter homes, not looser lending or financial fixes

Policymakers can lower frictions, but only new starter-home production changes the math

Housing policy ignored the cost of staying in a home

A 2026 survey found 63.2% of homeowners are stressed by ownership costs as taxes, insurance and upkeep rise

Carney’s housing agency vows to build as home prices plunge

In Canada, home prices have plunged 20% and thousands of unsold condominiums sit empty. The head of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s housing agency says this is precisely the moment to...

Has Spain shown housing is now the policy that decides political fate?

THE eviction of an 87-year-old from her home in Madrid has sparked a 'truly historic' snap election - but is housing becoming a bigger issue around the world

Trump Issues Executive Order to Lower Housing Costs

President Trump on Oct. 22 signed an executive order to lower single-family and mortgage costs, and the Treasury Department released new institutional investor rules.

OPINION: Newark housing policy should put Newarkers first

A Newark attorney argues stalled housing projects and targeted affordability policies can help Newark residents stay, return and build wealth. The post OPINION: Newark housing poli...

Spanish housing measures raise questions for UK rental market

Spain's housing crisis and government response could offer insights into potential UK rental market regulation. The Spanish government has proposed measures including holiday let r...

Right to Buy debate intensifies over council housing policy

A debate over Right to Buy policy has intensified as the government considers requiring 10 years of tenancy before purchase and protecting new social homes from the scheme for 35 y...

Could a long-shelved housing report be the solution that never happened?

The 1973 Kenny Report took a strong line on compulsory purchase to get local authorities building – has its time come?

House bill offers HUD forgivable loans for distressed housing

One percent interest, forgivable terms, and a Ginnie Mae wrinkle

Providence rent stabilization push springs back to post-primary life

Morales enters the general election as the favorite, and says rent stabilization will be an early priority for City Hall

HUD nixes ‘substantial burdens’ on multifamily property owners

As HUD rescinds the Obama-era policy interpretation, a state bill with common themes fails in California. Plus, House Republicans introduce a CFPB reform bill.