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Policy and innovation must align to fix housing affordability | CDN
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (840+ words) Talk of affordability has come to dominate not only political debate, but everyday conversations. Today, the dream of home ownership is under siege. For many American families, the financial pressure has become a "cost-of-living squeeze," with high prices for food,…...
Dispatch Politics Roundup: Could Congress Take Action on Housing?
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (414+ words) Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D. C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is…...
Trump Populists and Free Marketeers Clash on Housing Bill
1+ week, 2+ day ago (630+ words) Republicans have traditionally been against such restrictions, and the party's hardliners who often oppose government intervention into markets are not fans of the bill's ban. "The government has to protect people against harm. You're not harming people by renting them…...
Trump's housing agenda faces obstacles in Arizona. Here's why
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (607+ words) President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year "to protect the American dream" and curb corporations from owning single-family homes. But the proposals to make this a reality were dismissed by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature. The Own Something…...
Mamdani backtracks on rental voucher expansion
2+ week, 1+ day ago (495+ words) (The Center Square) "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is walking back a key campaign pledge to drop the city's opposition to a massive expansion of a taxpayer-funded rental voucher program. The City's Law Department announced this week that it…...
Expert: Federal bill could stall Arizona's build-to-rent industry
2+ week, 3+ day ago (936+ words) (The Center Square) - A land-use attorney is sounding the alarm about a congressional bill that could have a major impact on Arizona's housing market. Congress has passed the21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would prevent institutional investors from buying single-family…...
Can Congress Fix Housing?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1136+ words) You're reading The Morning Dispatch, our flagship daily newsletter explaining all the news you need to know today in fewer than 15 minutes. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. Happy Monday! It's baaaaack: For the sixth year…...
We need to carefully weigh the pros and cons of the gates
3+ week, 5+ day ago (168+ words) A Villager warns that residents need to carefully weigh the pros and cons of the gates. Like all decisions, there are pros and cons when it comes to the gates in The Villages." For the people claiming that it is…...
Corporate America hates this housing bill for one reason
3+ week, 6+ day ago (908+ words) It puts Washington's thumb on the scale for families instead of funds. That's why the usual suspects are calling basic regulation a "dangerous precedent.' Housing prices have locked millions of working- and middle-class families out of the market. Congress, prodded…...