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Even as the housing recovery gains momentum, millions of homeowners are still delinquent on their mortgages or owe more than their homes are worth as housing costs have set new records, according to a new study. Add to the mix tight credit standards...

Virginia Valencia earns US$12 an hour in the cafeteria at Tesla Motors Inc. headquarters in Palo Alto, California, where she serves breakfast to the staff and billionaire co-founder Elon Musk. He prefers juice to coffee, she said. After work, the single...

The theory goes that renters and homeowners traditionally have different objectives and reactions to development proposals. Renters, it is said, are generally in favor of new housing and development, while homeowners are more likely to oppose new residential...

Tax reform will come quickly under the 115th Congress. The next steps lawmakers take will have a profound effect on the affordable housing crisis. By the time legislators break for recess in August, they may have significantly reshaped, and possibly...

The share of older renters has risen substantially over the past decade, with households aged 55 and over contributing 42 percent of renter household growth, according to a 2015 report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. That...