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A For-Profit Path to Keeping Housing Affordable

July 24th, 2026 by Elizabeth A. Harris

Image Caption: According to preservation groups, maintaining affordable housing as a for-profit entity is possible, so long as investors donâ��t need huge returns.

Housing groups attract investors with the promise of only modest returns so they can, in turn, keep rents as low as possible.

Category: Affordable Housing, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Gentrification, Cost of Living and Affordability, Bowles, Erskine B, North Charleston (SC), South Carolina, Charlotte (NC), Corporate Social Responsibility, Public-Private Sector Cooperation

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23

Fair Housing Groups Sue HUD Over Funding Changes

July 23rd, 2026 by Elizabeth A. Harris

Image Caption: Fair housing groups say a change to HUD grants will prevent them from investigating claims.

A shift in grant requirements would curtail fair housing investigations, according to a new lawsuit.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Fair Housing Act (1968), Federal Aid (US), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Housing and Urban Development Department, National Fair Housing Alliance, Massachusetts, United States, Trump, Donald J

July
23

Even the Architects Said the Build Would Be Nearly Impossible

July 23rd, 2026 by Tim McKeough

An architect and his client overcame a steep site and regulatory hurdles to build a 730-square-foot house that hovers over the water in Sonoma County, Calif.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Architecture, Building (Construction), Bodega Bay (Calif), internal-open-access-from-nl

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23

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens

July 23rd, 2026 by Heather Senison

This week’s properties are in Kips Bay, the Upper West Side and Whitestone.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Kips Bay (Manhattan, NY), Upper West Side (Manhattan, NY), Whitestone (Queens, NY)

July
23

You’ve Just Won… the Chance to Buy a House

July 23rd, 2026 by Kim Bellware

Image Caption: The mayor of Elk Grove Village, Ill., Craig Johnson, left, facilitated a housing raffle. The prize: the ability to buy a house without a bidding war.

In a novel public-private partnership, a Chicago suburb raffled off the opportunity for local residents to buy houses below market rate.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Public-Private Sector Cooperation, Contests and Prizes, Affordable Housing, Cost of Living and Affordability, Elk Grove Village (Ill), Chicago (Ill)

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