Housing

Monday’s address provided the first substantive details of the administration’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative.

The public agency’s board of directors approved an agreement with the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office on Saturday.

Opponents argue the changes would overwhelm the city’s zoning board while supporters hope it would curb nuisance businesses in Philadelphia neighborhoods.

A N.J. Assembly committee approved bills to give residents better access to affordable housing information, and keep renters from getting evicted.

The class-action complaint calls on Odin Properties to make Bentley Manor safe and repay tenants who unlawfully paid rent.

Unlike other big cities, rental properties are not inspected proactively. Amid an affordable housing crisis, advocates say that’s putting low-income tenants at risk.

Tax plan favored by business leaders faces pushback from community advocates.

The mayor’s latest budget proposal calls on the city to borrow $800 million to create and preserve more affordable and market-rate units across the city.

At a packed town hall, City Councilmember Jeffery Young proposed replacing the library with a mixed-use building. It didn’t go well.

Advocates are pushing for more resources to help adults with disabilities in Delaware who live with aging parents.

City planners are open to renovating or demolishing the historic former police headquarters.

The public agency has funding to acquire new parcels for affordable housing and community gardens, but is still not a priority bidder.

The increase is partially tied to a building boom that researchers expect to abate this year as supply catches up with demand.

The president appears ready to move ahead with steep import taxes after a monthlong pause.

The Atlantic’s Yoni Appelbaum argues in his book "Stuck" that restrictive zoning laws and progressive NIMBYism have made housing unaffordable and trapped Americans in place.