…the supply of single-family homes.  Nikitra Bailey, Executive Vice President of the National Fair Housing Alliance: “Full enforcement of the Fair Housing Act is key to addressing the nation’s fair…

…is described in an essay by Dan Darrah in Jacobin. Vienna’s housing success story is built on government intervention—rent controls, housing subsidies, and the massive post-war development projects—and has resulted, says…

After a nice long weekend, a little reading … NY Times on Australia: Hole in the Housing Bubble The Australian housing boom has come to a halt, in a move…

…state budgets. It crowds out other critical public investments, such as education and housing. State-Level Variation In Low-Value Care For Commercially Insured And Medicare Advantage Populations, Health Affairs, Authors. Low-value…

…interest rates will solve the . . . housing problem.” But in the same breath, he insisted we must “[protect] the values of those people who already own a house…

…and will quarrel that it depends on how you define “misbehaved.” As Bakho notes chez DeLong: Freddie/Fannie responded to the housing bubble once they started losing market share. The pressure…

…if you aren’t getting therapy along with it. Reality: In a perfect world, addiction treatment should include MOUD as well as therapy, recovery coaching, support groups, housing assistance, and employment…

…in the direction of people who build houses now and of other people who refinance their mortgages now. The price of outstanding MBS does not affect the housing market except…

Update: By Dale Coberly (was inadvertently omitted as author, although regulars know and the label names him) SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH or how to lie with numbers “Math doesn’t…

…purchasing companies] were known as “leveraged-buyout operators.” But LBO became a bad name. … Their new label became “private equity,” a name that turns the facts upside-down: A purchase of…