Housing

If you’ve been longing for a closer look at shiplap walls and clawfoot tubs ever since Chip and Joanna Gaines stepped away from their HGTV hit, “Fixer Upper,” in 2018, we’ve got good news for you. A new promo, which first aired on TODAY Tuesday morning, reveals that the home improvement superstars are bringing “Fixer Upper” back to TV. In a two-minute...

The coronavirus pandemic is entering a new month, meaning Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry about paying their rent

On Monday, July 27, two days after the eviction moratorium in Maryland expired, Timothy Young, his wife, Tammy, and their two children, Hermione, 8, and Negan, 2, scrambled to move out of their duplex. They’d received their notice to vacate.  Young estimates that he’s applied to more than 400 jobs over the last few months, and nothing has panned out....

The Trump administration said Thursday that it is revoking an Obama-era housing regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs, a move that fair housing advocates have decried as an election year stunt designed to manipulate the fears of white voters

If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said Joyce Lilly, explaining their move to Washingtonville, New York. “Because we were locked into the apartment for three months, a…

In our latest installment of “Purpose Over Profit,” LX News talked to Laura Brady, the founder and CEO of Concierge Auctions, a high-end real estate auction firm that is building a home for a family in need for every home it sells. Laura Brady said the company has funded the construction of more than 200 homes in El Salvador and...

Bay Area rents continued to drop in June, according to rental listing site Zumper.

Laura Bustamante’s job involves helping members of her New Jersey community access affordable housing, despite not making enough money to afford rent herself. Bustamante, who works for the Jersey City Council, walks host Satchel Lee through specific local policies that can help communities across the country facing a housing crisis.

It’s the first of the month and rent or mortgage payments are due. But many San Diegans tell NBC 7 they will not be able to make May’s payment because they’ve lost their jobs due to the coronavirus.

The deadline of April 10 has not budged, but counties are offering late fee waivers, though with different requirements. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Property taxes are due Friday for millions of Californians, and despite the coronavirus pandemic, no extensions will be granted for the deadline in many counties in Southern California. Soledad Ursula, one such person struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, wants to keep cash close.  She thinks property tax bills should wait.  “The number one thing they can do is – ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday banned all evictions of renters for the next two months, his latest effort to offer a lifeline to the many millions in the state harmed by the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus.

Millions of U.S. households are expected to face financial burdens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has hit a record low of 3.29%, driven down by investors shifting money into the safety of U.S. Treasurys as the viral outbreak deepens

A transitional housing program for mothers experiencing homelessness has opened in San Francisco’s Bayview district, and its part of Mayor London Breed’s efforts to address homelessness. Jelani House, located in the Bayview, holds 17 private rooms, a living room, community spaces, kitchen, dining area, a deck and a backyard. “Jelani House is more than a facility and more than...

In their latest bid to combat California’s affordable housing crisis, state lawmakers on Monday announced a package of bills to limit development fees that can add tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.

Even though some studies say the Bay Area is one of the healthiest, happiest places around, one local survey says there’s lots of issues.

On the evening of Valentine’s Day, dozens of Oakland tenants and their supporters chose a San Francisco restaurant and hotel owned by their landlord to protest increasing rents.

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

When it comes to finding places to live for the homeless or low-income families, the most important thing is the home itself. But what about what goes in it? One San Francisco hotel has come up with an innovative way to reduce waste and turn those houses into homes. Garvin Thomas reports.