Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is seeking to hike the city’s sales tax rate as a financing vehicle to fund his affordable housing goals. The Denver Post reported the proposal would add an extra 0.5% to the city’s current effective 8.81% sales tax rate. Johnston, a...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is pressing for newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to provide him with billions to address the capital city’s need for more affordable housing. The Evening Standard reported that Khan has been pushing for a £2.2billion...
In this edition of Person of the Week, our spotlight shines on Paul Bernard, president and CEO of Affordable Homes & Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing developer in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metro Area, and an adjunct professor of urban and regional...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Last Thursday’s presidential debate was, to be a charitable, a disaster for the incumbent. But from a housing standpoint, it offered a cruel but much-needed reality check on President Biden’s disconnect to the problems created by his...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has given its support to several strategies proposed last week by the Biden administration to address the need to expand affordable housing opportunities. NAR specifically praised the proposal for a new Department of the...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
