LOS ANGELES, April 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. COVID-19 relief has kept struggling families, like Holly Williams and her two sons, out of a shelter. But as pandemic aid ends, those families are having nightmares in affording housing and other necessities. Williams and her two sons have been li...
More and more workers are losing shifts, orlosing jobsaltogether, as well as the incomes they use to pay for their homes—whether it's the rent or the mortgage. On Friday, the prime minister announced that states would work on model rules to provide relief to tenants in "hardship condition...
More and more workers are losing shifts, orlosing jobsaltogether, as well as the incomes they use to pay for their homes—whether it's the rent or the mortgage. On Friday, the prime minister announced that states would work on model rules to provide relief to tenants in "hardship condition...
Mayor Wu in her letter transmitting her Rent Control Proposal states, “The maximum allowable rent increase would be set at the Boston Metro Consumer Price Index (CPI) + 6 percent, but in no event could rent for a unit exceed 10% in a year.” This is false. Hidden in the proposal (S...
Although some funding restrictions have complicated service delivery during the pandemic, these have been largely offset by an array of funding opportunities. For starters, a large amount of funding became available for COVID-19 relief, as described by one staff: ...
While many of those renters facing eviction could qualify for federal rent assistance, that money's beenslow in coming. Only about 12% of the $46 billion Congress appropriated for rent aid as part of its pandemic-relief efforts has been distributed as of the end of last month. Reasons rang...
decade or two back – and, of course, the physical footprint of our cities has also expanded. But in the face of rapid population growth – likely to resume once Covid passes – these grudging changes have only been enough to avoid house prices rising sooner to even more outrageous levels...
Participants were asked where they had spent “the majority of their nights” since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Participants could select from the following options: “my own room/apartment/home that I rent or own”, “my own room apartment/home that is supported/subsidized ...
In addition to the May housing bills signed into law, during that month Gov. Green also approved another bill giving the state's counties moreauthorityin regulating short-term rentals in their communities. The rise of short-term rentals in the state (including illegal units being ope...
He concludes that tax relief on housing finance and the strictness of rent controls also drive housing prices and may cause different dynamics across countries. Sivitanides (2018) uses supply-side determinants as control variables only, and finds a long-term relationship of housing prices in ...