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Is Your House Up to Code? The Results of an Inspection May Surprise You

Most cities and municipalities in the US have established certain building codes that also apply to private homes. While most homeowners simply assume that their home is up to code, this is not necessar...

Being able to comfortably pay your rent is something that many people strive to achieve. And even before the Covid-19 pandemic, far too many struggled...

What is an Eviction Moratorium To better assist those who have lost their jobs, the federal government has issued an evi...

Should You Put Down 20% on Your Home Purchase? Look at These Reasons

Many prospective home buyers erroneously believe that they need to put down 20% on a house in order to obtain a mortgage. However, many lenders and available programs make it easier to get into that dream ...

Tiny, Fold-Up Homes Increase Position to Provide Housing Solutions

When Elon Musk purchased Twitter for over $40 billion dollars, the world was pretty polarized on the news. Though not so much because one person was buying the world's biggest social media platform, but ...

Housing Authority Raises Rent During Pandemic

One will hear a lot of messages pour out during a time of crisis like we're currently in. By and large, those messages will be of hope and togetherness. They're often messages about everyone coming together and sharing...

Government Tries to Prop Up Housing Industry

Throughout the United States, there have been a handful of protests happening for different reasons. With most of these rallies, like people protesting for the economy to reopen, media and Democratic politicians call the people...

Students Weigh Choices as Colleges Reopen

The vast majority of America's universities closed down entirely in the middle of March, three months ago now, leaving tens of thousands of students who stayed on-campus without anywhere to live. For most of these students, th...

America Needs More Walls for People to reside within, not to keep them out

Just a few years ago, there was a housing bubble that led to housing insecurity for many Americans. What are the barriers to housing security today? The simple answer is there is not enough housing i...

Affordable Housing Is Difficult for Buyers and Renters to Obtain

Both prospective home buyers and renters across the United States are having a tough time finding affordable housing. In a report about the Ohio housing market issued by the National Low Income Housing Coalitio...