- Almost half of American renters fear they’ll never own a home - Lending Tree found 48% of renters believe rising home prices & stagnant wages mean they’ll never become homeowners.<p>
- Affordable Housing Initiative In Florida Tops 62,000 Signatures - If proposal gets on ballot & approved by 60% of voters, it would establish & require state trust funds receive at least 25% of revenue from document-stamp taxes collected on real-estate transactions & detail how money could be used to address affordable housing.<p>
- Federal programs for affordable housing -cities, towns, and counties have an important role to play in the funding process for affordable housing, mostly from the federal government & most programs are administered by HUD.<p>
- Funding a local housing strategy - have you heard the innovative approach that Iowa took regarding affordable housing e insurance? I’ll be reporting on that in an upcoming podcast..stay tuned for more!<p>
- Capital gains tax on main residences unlikely to solve housing problems, experts say - Canada has realized this....will the Untied States try it? Will the US reduce the amount of sales "gain" to tax more of the proceeds?<p>
- City of Charleston searching for a real estate broker for affordable housing projects<p>
- Affordable Housing solutions - comprehensive local housing strategy provides a guiding framework for cities, towns, and counties to coordinate requirements to make substantial progress toward meeting their housing needs.<p>
- HUD Announces November Single Family Note Sale Made Up of Reverse Mortgage Properties - HUD will offer up to 50% of 1,730 homes in multi-loan pools for bids first by eligible non-profit organizations and units of state and local government.<p>
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Immediate Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply - <p>
- Tucker Carlson exposes real estate companies 'wrecking' America - 4 unit apartments on single family lots. Cities like Minneapolis and Sacramento have begun to allow multifamily dwellings on single-family lots.<p>
- HUD-FHFA Initiative on Housing Supply - focus on entry-level/affordable unit production…create/preserve/sell to homeowners and non-profits 100,000 units over the next 3 years<p>
- Estimated 100,000 houses of worship in the US in next several years will be closing.<p>
