Category Archives: Renters
Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems
Source: Harvard While statistics on the gap in affordable housing clearly indicate the magnitude of the problem, they mask the extent of the difficulties that certain low-wage workers often face in obtaining a unit they can afford, particularly...
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Landlord Nation: Boomers’ New Retirement Plan Is Millennials Paying Rent
Source: Bloomberg Redfin Chief Executive Glenn Kelman says an increasing number of Americans are joining the ranks of what he deems the “Landlord Nation,” a group of mom-and-pop investors who have seized on low mortgage rates and robust rent...
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The plight of the modern-day renter
Source: HousingWire Housing is becoming more cramped for many across the U.S., as 14.7 percent of households had fewer bedrooms than family members, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from 2009, according to a new report from Trulia. The study...
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‘Largest-ever’ Silicon Valley eviction to displace hundreds of tenants
Source: Guardian In yet another sign of the tech industry’s growing impact on local housing markets in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, local housing advocates are lamenting the region’s largest-ever mass eviction of rent-controlled tenants....
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Millions of Boomers Prefer to Rent
Source: DSNews.com Are aging baby boomers looking for a change of pace with their living arrangements? According to a new Freddie Mac 55+survey (polling 6,000 homeowners and renters born in 1961 or earlier), approximately six million homeowners...
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