Renting more affordable than buying in US largest metros: Study
It’s cheaper to be a tenant than paying a mortgage in the country’s biggest city these days Bankrate Research Found. Consumer Financial Services Companies compared average monthly mortgage payments to the average monthly rents for the 50 major US Metros in 2025, including insurance and taxes. The study found that among all types of homes, […]
Three nontraditional living situations Americans are adopting to make housing more affordable
This story is the third in a four-part series. Read part 1 here Here’s part 2. With the sharp rise in housing costs over the past decade, the growing number is turning into a non-traditional alternative when buying traditional homes out of reach for many Americans. Some people reuse old commercial buildings, buy land or […]
ISAAC ORR AND MITCH ROLLING: ‘Beautiful Clean Coal’ Is Affordable, Too
President Trump has signed several Executive order On Tuesday, coal-fired power plants will stay online past their planned retirement date, identifying coal resources on federal land and increasing the reliability of their electrical grids. This order may help the United States face an unpleasant truth. Wind turbines and solar panels cannot cost-effectively meet the growing […]
Housebuilder Vistry pins hopes on £2bn affordable homes promise as profits fall | Vistry Group
The profits at the UK housebuilder visitor group have fallen by more than a third in what is described as a “disappointing year,” but this week it has pinned its turnaround hopes to the government's promise to inject £2 billion into affordable homes. After three profit warnings last year, Vistry suspended its dividend payments to […]
Suffolk County bill would set aside affordable housing for volunteer firefighters, EMS
Suffolk County Councillors are pushing for the laws needed by new affordable housing developers to secure apartments for volunteer firefighters and EMS. Democrat Rebecca Sanin proposed a bill earlier this month to apply to builders who receive subsidies from the county's Labor and Housing Fund, working to stop registered volunteers from being priced from Suffolk. […]
Protesters rip NYC for replacing affordable housing with homeless shelter
An infuriated Brooklyn residents are denounced the city of “feeding and switching” to replace buildings that are scheduled for affordable housing with new homeless shelters. Hundreds of protesters, including parents, business owners and local politicians, gathered in Sheepshead Bay on Tuesday to chant “deciding” people outside the controversial lot on Coil Street. The group said […]
English and Welsh councils to have greater powers to seize land for affordable housing | Planning policy
The council and mayor will be given greater authority this week to grab land to build affordable housing under reform of the Labor Government's planning rules. Local governments in the UK and Wales will no longer require permission from the central government to make compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in changes the Minister wishes to do. […]
President Donald Trump promises to ‘make America affordable again’
President Donald Trump has pledged to “make America affordable again” by reducing energy costs during his joint speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Speaking at the Capitol, Trump said he would “fight every day” to “reverse” the economic damages he had denounced for his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. “Joe Biden has especially made egg […]
Lockheed plans ‘affordable’ $150,000 cruise missile
Lockheed Martin is set to unveil a new “affordable” cruise missile on Monday as defense contractors need to use the US to thwart China's ambitions in the Pacific. Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed us and other countries' thinking about weapons against a new strategy known as “affordable.” The Common Multi-Mission Truck (CMMT) missile concept is […]
DOGE could be the answer to the US affordable housing crisis
Scott Turner, newly confirmed housing and urban development secretary, quickly announced that Elon Musk's controversial government efficiency bureau was coming to HUD. Turner I posted a video to x, Social Media Platforms Owned by a mask: “We are pleased to announce the Doge Task Force at HUD. …We will be extremely detailed and discreet about […]