Infographic: Housing to haven
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Incentivizing a productive society by building future-selves
Described as the most significant policy shift in Continuum of Care (CoC) programming history, HUD Sec. Scott...
Energy whiplash
Five policy realities every apartment owner must underwrite
For apartment owners and operators, energy policy is no longer an abstract fight in Washington. It is...
Normal demand, high supply, no free rides
Owners and operators are walking a fine line. Demand hasn’t fallen off a cliff, but the air is thinner, the footing is uneven, and...
Why did 15 million Americans move in 2025? Here are just a few reasons.
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ECONOMICS
Housing costs
Coastal states have some of the highest median home prices and rents in the nation driven by high demand and restrictive zoning...
New owners bet big on downtown LA
Los Angeles’ infamous graffiti-cloaked Oceanwide Plaza is about to trade eyesore for institutional-grade opportunity. The residential component might be the best part.
The three-tower Oceanwide...
Shrinking student rolls, rising rentals
How closed schools are becoming the next big source of apartments
Public school enrollment is projected to shrink by millions of students over the next...
Residents slow their relo roll
Apartment owners now operate in a fundamentally different demand environment, as Americans are moving at the lowest rate ever recorded. In 2024, just 11.2...
Rent control still doesn’t work. Who knew?
After a historic upset of the Democratic establishment in June’s primary, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani went on to win New York City’s mayoralty on...
Blue collar revolution
A new wave of Gen Z workers is transforming the American construction industry, drawn by rising college costs, competitive wages, and the promise of...
Confusing affordability with availability
We hear it a lot: the affordability crisis, the cost of rent, opportunistic landlords. High emotion. Low information.
Like most politically-dishonest narratives, it lacks truth....
Stove wars
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House Republicans with support of their constituencies—many builders and apartment operators—have introduced legislation aimed at rolling back green mandates enacted under previous administrations....
Is housing an emergency?
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The president “may declare a national housing emergency” this fall U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Washington Examiner Sept. 1.
The administration is...
A national housing emergency: historical precedent, constitutional powers, what to expect
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s September remarks about the possibility of declaring a national housing emergency have pushed America’s housing crisis into the political spotlight.
In...
Gen Z overtakes millennials in America’s housing crisis
The American rental housing market is experiencing a dramatic generational transition with Gen Z now accounting for 9.1 million renter households, more than doubling...
Multifamily faces an era of consolidation and constraint
The multifamily housing industry is entering a phase of consolidation after years of high liquidity and rapid development. Apartment construction is slowing as capital...