• U.S. homelessness up 12 percent to highest reported level as rents soar and pandemic aid lapses

    U.S. homelessness up 12 percent to highest reported level as rents soar and pandemic aid lapses

    Dec 15, 2023 06:58 PM EDT

    ... assistance "held off the rise in homelessness that we are now seeing,”“While numerous factors drive homelessness, the most significant causes are the shortage of affordable homes and the high cost of housing that have left many Americans living paycheck to paycheck and one crisis away from homelessness,” Olivet said ...

  • With population of aging Americans growing, U.S. median age jumps to nearly 39

    With population of aging Americans growing, U.S. median age jumps to nearly 39

    May 25, 2023 04:16 PM EDT

    ... that birth rates never recovered following the Great Recession of 2007-2009. “In the short run, the crisis of work-family balance, the lack of affordable childcare, stresses associated with health care, housing, and employment stability, all put a damper on birth rates by increasing uncertainty and making it harder ...

  • New divides among House Dems throw fate of infrastructure, social spending bill in limbo

    New divides among House Dems throw fate of infrastructure, social spending bill in limbo

    Nov 05, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... deal, a bipartisan, roughly $1 trillion package with money for roads and bridges, public transit and clean drinking water, and the other, the Build Back Better Act. It's supported only by Democrats, with $1.75 trillion for child care and housing, climate change, and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.

  • AP FACT CHECK: Do candidates' claims in the Democratic debate hold up?

    AP FACT CHECK: Do candidates' claims in the Democratic debate hold up?

    Oct 16, 2019 03:22 AM EDT

    ... be. But Buttigieg and Biden have said they want to provide help to a broader cross section of Americans than are currently helped by the Affordable Care Act. ___ JULIAN CASTRO, former U.S. housing secretary: "Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained ...

  • Unemployment insurance doesn't just help the unemployed

    Unemployment insurance doesn't just help the unemployed

    Jan 16, 2015 05:13 PM EDT

    ... highlighted by academic research. Even if not by design, unemployment insurance stemmed foreclosures in a period when more-targeted housing programs such as the Home Affordable Refinance Program and the Home Affordable Modification Program underperformed their goals. UI achieved the goal of those programs -- making loan payments more affordable -- while ...

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    Government Widens Support for Home Loans, Credit

    Nov 25, 2008 11:10 PM EDT

    ... purchases. This lack of affordable consumer credit undermines consumer spending and, as a result, weakens our economy. Nothing is more important to getting through this housing correction than the availability of affordable mortgage finance. It will take time to work through the difficulties in our market and our economy, and ...

  • Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills

    Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills

    Dec 07, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    Cora Stryker, Co-Founder, Bright Saver: We are systematically removing the barriers. Laura Klivans: Cora Stryker Co leads the nonprofit that provided Chan with her panels. They bring plug in solar to renters, plus people in multifamily housing and other Americans shut out of rooftop systems. Cora Stryker: These things ...

  • Why many college students are forced to spend more on housing than tuition

    Why many college students are forced to spend more on housing than tuition

    Sep 30, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    ... student body are Pell Grant-eligible. Laura Barron-Lopez: At U.T., President Jay Hartzell says the university has provided more financial support for student housing. In 2023, U.T. launched a new housing scholarship. This year, it's providing up to $2,300 a year for more than 3 ...

  • Americans are frustrated by housing prices ahead of the 2024 election

    Americans are frustrated by housing prices ahead of the 2024 election

    Mar 16, 2024 12:00 AM EDT

    ... coming online right now," said Daniel Hornung, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council. But Mark Calabria, who was director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency during the Trump administration, said that many of the federal tools to increase housing such as the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit ...

  • Vision for new affordable city in California meets skepticism from locals

    Vision for new affordable city in California meets skepticism from locals

    Feb 27, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    ... a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old, and I have these concerns of, where will they live and is there going to be housing for them when they are ready to buy? Paul Solman: So, the project seems pretty unobjectionable, right? Well, of course not. There have been ...