Housing Policy
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Housing Innovation
Community Land Trusts Hit Major Milestones Across the U.S., Offering a 'Forever Affordable' Path to Homeownership
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Mortgage Access
How New Credit Score Rules in 2026 Are Unlocking Mortgages for Millions of Renters
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Foreclosure Data
US Residential Foreclosure Filings Increase 10% as Market Remains Below Historical Averages
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ExplainerHousing Regulation
Tenancy Deposit Caps Slash Landlord Acceptance of Low-Credit Renters by Restricting Risk Pricing
Housing Economists 40%Tenant Advocates 30%Property Owners 30%
Deep DiveCondo Deconversion
Strata Termination Supermajorities: Why Property Laws Allow 80 Percent of Co-Owners to Force the Sale of Dissenting Condominium Units
Redevelopment Advocates 40%Legislative Standardizers 40%Property Rights Defenders 20%
AnalysisTax Policy
Mortgage Interest Deductions Fail to Raise Homeownership, Inflating House Prices Instead
Tax Reform Advocates 40%Academic Economists 40%Factlen Editorial Board 20%
Deep DiveHousing Policy
Minimum Parking Mandates Inflate Residential Rents by 17%: How Required Stalls Suppress Infill Density and Penalize Carless Tenants
Housing and Urban Planners 40%Free Market Advocates 30%Environmental Advocates 30%
ExplainerUrban Economics
Building 100 Market-Rate Units Opens 70 Lower-Income Homes Through Moving Chains
Supply-Side Economists 45%Urban Planners 30%Tenant Advocates 25%
ExplainerWorker Classification
The Four Criteria That Determine Whether a Real Estate Agent is an Employee or an Independent Contractor
Federal Tax Authorities 33%Labor Regulators 33%Industry Advocates 33%
ExplainerProperty Law
The Three Tests That Define a Fixture and Determine Whether an Item Conveys With the Real Estate
Residential Buyers and Sellers 40%Commercial Tenants 30%Legal and Title Professionals 30%
Research BriefHOA Law
Why Covenants Running With the Land Legally Bind Homeowners to HOA Rules
Legal Formalists 40%Association Advocates 35%Homeowner Defense 25%
ExplainerProperty Taxes
Why Property Tax Mass Appraisals Clash With Constitutional Uniformity Clauses
Municipal Assessors 40%Taxpayer Advocates 40%Legal Scholars 20%
ExplainerProperty Rights
Why Physical Takings Trigger Automatic Compensation Under Loretto but Regulations Face Penn Central
Property Rights Advocates 40%Municipal Planners 35%Legal Formalists 25%
ExplainerHousing Standards
Defining Affordability: How Area Median Income and the 30 Percent Rule Determine Housing Eligibility
Federal Policymakers 35%Housing Economists 35%Local Housing Authorities 30%
ExplainerFair Housing
Mapping the Seven Protected Classes of the Fair Housing Act to Modern Real Estate Transactions
Fair Housing Advocates 40%Legal Scholars 30%Factlen Editorial Team 30%
ExplainerInclusionary Zoning
How Inclusionary Zoning Survives the 'Nexus' Test and Avoids Unconstitutional Takings
Municipal Planners 40%Property Rights Advocates 35%Legal Scholars 25%
ExplainerAppraisal Standards
Valuation Under Pressure: Where the Sales Comparison, Cost, and Income Approaches Break Down
Residential Appraisers 40%Commercial Lenders 40%Tax Authorities 20%
ExplainerLIHTC Mechanics
Decoding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: How the 9% and 4% Tiers Dictate Project Viability
State Allocating Agencies 40%Housing Policy Researchers 30%Tax Credit Syndicators & Advisors 30%
ExplainerEquity Extraction
Cost and Risk Trade-Offs Across HELOCs, Home Equity Loans, and Reverse Mortgages
Consumer Protection Advocates 40%Macroeconomic Researchers 30%Retail Lenders & Analysts 30%
ExplainerSecondary Mortgage Market
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How Mortgage Securitization Funds Local Lenders
System Defenders 45%Private Capital Proponents 35%Consumer Advocates 20%
ExplainerZoning Mechanics
Form-Based and Performance Zoning: Accelerating Housing Supply Beyond Euclidean Limits
Supply-Side Advocates 40%Equity Planners 35%Smart Growth Proponents 25%
ExplainerZoning Reform
How Asheville's Zoning Overhaul Eliminates Parking Minimums and Expands Duplexes
Urban Planners & YIMBY Advocates 45%Legacy Neighborhood Advocates 35%Municipal & State Policymakers 20%
ExplainerHousing Finance
California's Assembly Bill 179 Overhauls Housing Finance to Cut Unit Costs by Up to $70,000
State Administration & Housing Advocates 45%Legislative & Structural Analysts 30%Market Realists & Editorial Observers 25%
ExplainerHousing Supply
NYC Housing Construction Plummets 52% in Q2 as Post-421a Tax Break Fails to Spur Development
Real Estate Developers 40%Housing Policy Analysts 30%Market Strategists 30%
ExplainerAppraisal Bias
Federal Mandate Gives Homebuyers a Standardized Way to Appeal Flawed Appraisals
Fair Housing Advocates 35%Data Researchers 35%Real Estate Consumers 30%
ExplainerZoning Reform
Connecticut GOP Proposes 'Grand Bargain' to Trade State Zoning Mandates for Repeal of 8-30g Housing Law
Local Control Advocates 40%Housing Supply Advocates 40%Market Pragmatists 20%
CRE LendingEvidence Pack
Fed SLOOS Reports Easier CRE Lending Standards for Second Quarter, Signaling Return of Capital to Commercial Real Estate
Large Institutional Lenders 40%Regional and Community Banks 35%Macroeconomic Analysts 25%
Adaptive ReusePolicy Launch
Federal RESIDE Act Launches $10M Grants to Convert Vacant Commercial Property to Attainable Housing
Local Municipalities 35%Real Estate Developers 35%Affordable Housing Advocates 29%
Adaptive ReuseEvidence Review
NYC Buildings Department Finds No Systemic Structural Flaws in Office-to-Residential Conversions Following Pfizer Incident
City Regulators & Inspectors 40%Structural Engineers & Contractors 35%Real Estate Developers 25%
ExplainerCRE Markets
Data Center Boom Masks General CRE Construction Slowdown to Post-Recession Levels
Commercial Real Estate Analysts 35%Digital Infrastructure Investors 35%Local Economic Planners 30%
ExplainerHousing Supply
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: What the Data Says About the New Law
Housing Supply Advocates 44%Consumer Protection Groups 33%Community Lenders 22%
ExplainerUSPS Land Use
Bipartisan Senate Bill Proposes Leasing Underutilized USPS Property for Affordable Housing Construction
Housing Supply Advocates 40%Federal Revenue Proponents 40%Implementation Skeptics 20%
Parking ReformPolicy Explainer
North Carolina Eliminates Parking Minimums Statewide, Becoming First State to Ban Commercial Parking Mandates
Housing & Urban Advocates 39%Real Estate Industry 39%Mainstream News & Observers 22%
Office ConversionsEvidence Pack
City Tax Incentives Push Office-to-Residential Conversion Pipeline to Record 90,000 Units Nationwide
Urban Planners & City Officials 41%Commercial Developers 35%Housing Economists 24%
Housing SupplyPolicy Standoff
Historic Bipartisan Housing Bill Stalls as President Demands Voter ID Legislation
Housing Supply Advocates 38%Election Security Proponents 31%Voting Rights Organizations 31%
Research BriefZoning Reform
The Data Is In: Cities That Build More Housing Are Successfully Lowering Rents
Supply-Side Advocates 40%Academic Economists 30%Affordable Housing Advocates 30%
Research BriefZoning Reform
Abolishing Single-Family Zoning and Legalizing Missing Middle Housing Lowers Rents
Urban Economists & Planners 50%Housing Equity Advocates 30%Local Development Proponents 20%
Research BriefZoning Reform
Five Years Later, Data Shows Zoning Reforms in Minneapolis and Auckland Successfully Cooled Rent Growth
Supply-Side Reformers 45%Market Mechanism Analysts 30%Reform Skeptics 25%
Deep DiveHousing Supply
Evidence-Pack: The Financial Impact of Accessory Dwelling Units on Homeowner Wealth
Housing Advocates & Planners 40%Homeowner Investors 35%Neighborhood Preservationists 25%