EconomyCommentary
Should a landlord be required to rent an apartment to the first “qualified” person to appear on his or her doorstep? The city of Seattle… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Since 1989, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development started to pilot home equity conversion mortgages to U.S. homeowners over the age of 62,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the last few months of the Obama administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency advanced a final rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called… Read More
EconomyNews
The president’s budget called for slashing funding for a block grant program primarily because it was difficult to determine whether it was getting the desired… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The cost of living in Southern California dodged a bullet on Tuesday when Los Angeles voters rejected ballot measure “S.” The measure would have made… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” These were the infamous words President Barack Obama used to scold congressional Republicans… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Ever since the federal government embedded itself into the U.S. housing market, it has caused problems that ultimately cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. Most policymakers… Read More
EconomyNews
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former rival Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “Ben… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Obama administration is pulling on both ends of the rope in the tug-of-war over housing regulation. Heritage Foundation calculations found that the typical American… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Seven years after its collapse, the U.S. housing market still has not experienced a real recovery. The heavy-handed and misguided federal policy that was supposed… Read More
