Affordable housing

Higher interest rates and insurance costs make building low-income and supportive housing more costly —  especially in California, home to 28% of the U.S. homeless population.

Zillow find that million-dollar homes are proliferating — and not just in the usual high-cost metro areas like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The interactive game lets players follow one family's account of disadvantage and discrimination through the generations.

According to real estate firm Zillow, the typical buyer pays $2,188 monthly — well above the 30% of median income guideline used to calculate housing affordability.

A staple of the American housing market, starter homes still exist. But these lower-priced residences look different and cost more now.

The ban was supposed to make housing more affordable.

The furniture and home furnishings sector saw a 5.4% sales decline last year.

Insurance premiums for affordable housing operators are already pricier. The pandemic and climate change has pushed the costs even more.

Upstart companies hope 3D printing can disrupt the sector by creating structures in a fraction of the time traditional methods require.