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For middle-class millennials, housing help is on the way. In this Ozy piece, Carly Stern dives into innovative housing solutions underway across the country aimed at housing millennials, many of whom began working on the heels of the Great Recession in 2008.  

NJ Advance Media’s Susan Livio reports on S 3586 — a bill recently signed by Gov. Murphy that creates a housing assistance program for low-income and disabled citizens throughout the state.

NBC’s Andrew Quintana reports on the City of Miami’s ‘Master Plan’ to add 12,000 affordable units by 2024.

The Milwaukee Business Journal’s Sean Ryan outlines efforts to meet housing demands in the growing city. Housing affordability has been a tough challenge in downtown Milwaukee. It affects all of downtown’s businesses that can’t offer more than $50,000 for every job, but still need to find employees. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made affordable housing a […]

Greg David, columnist for Crain’s New York Business, summarizes the history of rent laws in New York. The federal government imposed price controls throughout the economy during World War II. After the war, virtually every city in America let them lapse—but not New York. Rents here were kept from rising much for apartments built before […]

DePaul University’s Institute for Housing Studies is out with a new report that shows that a loss of affordable rental units is a growing challenge throughout the city. Blaire Kamin, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, weighs in on what the report and the complexities facing city’s mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot. 

The Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial Board addresses several bills in the Legislature that would impose rent controls in California.

The Bangor Daily News’ Charles Eichacker reports on the city’s affordable housing problems, and what local officials plan to do about it.