Trump signs housing affordability executive order - POLITICO

The executive order directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency to create a pilot program proactively canceling mortgage insurance for eligible borrowers with government-backed home loans. The order also directs FHFA to expand an existing program allowing borrowers to qualify for government-sponsored mortgages by using less expensive alternatives to title insurance…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/22/trump-housing-affordability-executive-order-01132637

 

What would minimum wages be if they had kept up with home prices?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HLFx6h3kKAU

 

If you're making an average paycheck in Worcester, what homes can you afford?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dkO7lPfblGU

 

Where are the GOP bills to lower prices?!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_S1Uv9nA_RY

Get ready for yet another cost when buying a home: Junk fees

Gilch advises homebuyers and sellers to look out for admin fees in their contract, which can have different names. And then, to challenge them. 

She said that's often enough to get agents to yield, since the much larger commission they get on the sale — often a five figure amount for the typical home — is not worth risking over the comparatively smaller fee. 

But noticing these fees requires staying diligent throughout the home buying process. Gilch found these fees are at times added without proper disclosure, sometimes just days or even hours before closing…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5968763/housing-home-buying-junk-fees

 

Can the U.S. build more houses with fewer workers?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NN0riqA6xRU

 

Record renter-owner wealth gap leaves many priced out : NPR

In fact, they've been shocked at how quickly prices have gone up. Places listed in the mid-300s when they started looking are now valued at half a million dollars and more. They watched an investor buy a house across the street, expand it, and sell it for much more than that...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5910711/renter-owner-wealth-gap

Mortgage rates hit a one-year high : NPR

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.66% this week, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., commonly known as Freddie Mac…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5913851/mortgage-rates-one-year-high-july-2026

 

Detroit invests millions to get families into permanent housing

“Our goal isn’t simply to help families leave shelters,” she said. “Our goal is to help them build lasting, long, stable lives and achieve self-sufficiency and ensure that they never return to homelessness again.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-07-29/detroit-invests-millions-to-get-families-into-permanent-housing

 

Congress wants to get more homes built quickly. That might be harder after DOGE. - POLITICO

Some of the lawmakers who pushed for the law worry that the Department of Housing and Urban Development — which has shed more than 30 percent of its core policy workforce in just three years following budget cuts — is too understaffed to quickly issue new rules and implement its provisions, aimed at making building and buying homes cheaper and easier...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/bipartisan-housing-bill-implementation-01008945

 

We need to pay attention to warnings of a climate-induced housing crisis.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JnAzxjT7gy4

 

Largest landlord in the US accused of civil rights violations

Greystar, the largest owner and manager of apartments in the US, systematically flouts local laws designed to make housing affordable to the poor, according to civil rights complaints filed with authorities in six states and the District of Columbia...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/greystar-landlord-civil-rights-violations 

Mamdani drops announcement we’ve WAITED FOR

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_t3ssN0h1Q

Trump is pushing to institutionalize homeless people. That may include veterans : NPR

More than 30,000 U.S. military veterans are homeless, according to the latest government data from an annual one-night "point in time count." That number is down significantly in the past decade, which most experts credit to a straightforward combination of robust funding and a philosophy focused on offering housing without prerequisites, called housing first. 

While the Trump administration has promised new housing for vets, President Trump also signed an executive order last year titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," which leans heavily toward institutionalizing homeless people against their will. This winter, NPR obtained slides describing a proposed VA plan called "Safe Harbor," which would include veterans in that shift to involuntary treatment. Then, in March, the VA put out a memorandum of understanding with the Justice Department about state court guardianship for veterans…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5866754/trump-institutionalize-homeless-veterans

Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades — and Trump cancels the signing : NPR

The bill, called the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, passed 358-32 in the House. The Senate approved it Monday with similarly overwhelming bipartisan support...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/nx-s1-5867575/congress-passes-housing-affordability-bill

 

‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees

Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/apartment-renters-rising-fees

 

Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero : NPR

" There's no way in hell you're gonna come here and say $500 million is a down payment, and you can't tell me what the actual cost is," Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin said at the hearing. 

"We're not doing this any longer," he said. "This is corruption, and it's gonna stop now."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836556/trump-homeless-veterans-la 

 

House GOP leaders plan housing bill vote despite Trump ultimatum - Live Updates - POLITICO

House Republican leaders are forging ahead on a bipartisan housing affordability bill Wednesday — without the partisan elections bill President Donald Trump demanded to be attached over the weekend...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/18/congress/housing-bill-trump-save-america-00926454

Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

“Israel is not willing to recognise the bi-national, multi-ethnic, multicultural reality of Jerusalem and it is wiping out first and foremost Palestinians – but really anything that is not Jewish, and then glossing it over with this Disneyfied nonsense,” he said. “If this happens to the end, Israelis will go there and they will see the story of the park and they will be completely ignorant of the fact that lives were destroyed, a whole community was destroyed to make space for it.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/palestinians-demolish-family-homes-jerusalem-kings-garden-theme-park 

 

House Republicans press ahead on reworking Senate housing package - Live Updates - POLITICO

…House lawmakers of both parties have taken issue with language in the Senate bill that would require single-family homes built as long term rentals to be sold after seven years.

 House Republicans are also pushing for the final bill to include a permanent ban on the Federal Reserve issuing digital currency and the potential addition of community banking provisions…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/12/congress/house-republicans-housing-bill-changes-trump-00917113