Affordability Pyramid Shows 94 Million Households Cannot Buy a $400,000 Home
Eye On Housing National Association of Home Builders Discusses Economics and Housing Policy Na Zhao March 31, 2025 NAHB recently released its 2025 Priced-Out Analysis, highlighting the housing affordability challenge. While previous posts discussed the impacts of rising home prices and interest rates on...
How is affordable housing going to get financed if federal support is slashed?
Bisnow The First Draft — Mark F. Bonner, Jay Rickey, Catie Dixon and Kayla Carmicheal That question is keeping developers up at night. At least $60M in federal funding earmarked for affordable housing development has already been paused, and the...
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar discusses current housing supply and affordability in Texas
Published: Jan. 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM CST KTREabc9 KTRE-TVTexas Comptroller Glenn Hegar spotlighted the state’s housing supply and affordability issues, emphasizing the need for policy adjustments to meet growing demand. With Texas experiencing rapid population growth, Hegar called for innovative...
This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns
FAST COMPANY: 01-21-2025 | IMPACT A new Texas development is designed to foster community—and is using the centuries-old planning concept of the mews to do it. BY Patrick Sisson 3 minute read The suburbs of Houston haven’t traditionally been viewed as...
Houston’s midcentury modern homes are hiding in plain sight. Here’s where to look.
Houston Chronicle: Business//Real Estate By Katherine Feser, Staff writer Dec 20, 2024 Houston’s vast stock of ranch-style houses is diminishing, one teardown at a time, and with them go pockets of midcentury modern homes, the flashier sibling of the more humble single-story residences. For...
How not to make housing affordable
ECONOMIC NEWS Barron’s America’s housing crisis isn’t going away—Even with rate cuts and help from D.C. Today’s housing market is either a bounty of riches or a landscape of despair, depending on your side of the fence. (Subscription may be required.)...
Cottage Housing Development
BACKGROUND AND GUIDELINESIntroductionOne way to address the region’s environmental sustainability and housing affordability issues isto build smaller houses. Cottage housing is an innovative style of development based on the idea of “better, not bigger.” Although it faces the same obstacles...
50 Best Tiny House Ideas: Creative and Efficient Designs for Small Living Spaces
Written By Ash I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of tiny houses. These compact, minimalist homes have been growing in popularity over the past few years, as people look for ways to downsize and simplify their lives. And with...