Tiny Homes Offer a Solution to the Rising Number of Unhoused SeniorsAs the Baby Boomer generation ages, small prefab houses could be a lifeline for people without many options.
Giving Up on Homeowners Insurance? You’re Not AloneClimate change and extreme weather are making it more expensive to insure homes, and more people are deciding to cover the risk...
How Millennials and Gen Zers Are Buying With Friends Amid Impossible Home Costs“We sat down and said, Okay, if this is something we want to do, we’re going to need to get really comfortable talking about...
Saudi Arabia’s The Line Megadevelopment Gets A Lot ShorterThe controversial planned city was supposed to cut across 105 miles of desert. Now, not so much.
Hawaii Has a Severe Housing Shortage. Will Allowing Counties to Ban Short-Term Rentals Help?In an attempt to create affordable housing, Governor Josh Green signed SB2919, which allows counties to ban vacation rentals...
Campus Protests Are Revealing the Precarity of Student HousingThreatened with disciplinary action, Israel-Hamas war demonstrators face the loss of a place to live—and the grown-up reality of...
How Will the Next President Fix the Housing Crisis?The candidates aren’t totally clear on their plans, but we’ve deduced that they range from “a wish list” to a “quantum leap.”
Meet the Organization Crowdfunding for Affordable HousingSmall Change aims to allow anyone—not just developers—to invest in projects across the country.
There Are Now More Than 500 U.S. Cities Where the Average Home Price Is $1MThat cost illuminates just how dramatically prices have risen across the country.
In New Jersey, the Fight for Affordable Housing Is Becoming Everybody’s ObligationA new bill is forcing the issue, in the hopes of actually getting new housing built.
Remembering Gaetano Pesce’s Still-Radical WorkHis playful creations belied a critical approach to design.
There’s a New Vision for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin WestThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is partnering with design firm Sasaki to audit the national historic landmark’s sustainability...
What Would a Green New Deal for Public Housing Actually Do?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders’s plan would open the door to new construction, but its focus would be making...
Here Are the Rules for Short-Term Rentals in Your CityListing properties on home sharing platforms like Airbnb is getting more complex.
Who Is Optimistic About Buying a Home? Not Younger AmericansAlthough builders are making smaller and potentially more affordable houses, a new poll says Gen Z and Millennials still feel...
Here’s What the National Association of Realtors Settlement Means for HomeownersThe industry shift is expected to fuel competition among realtors, resulting in reduced commission fees for sellers.
Clean Air Doesn’t Have to Be a Luxury Only the Rich Can AffordNew high-end developments are attracting homeowners with advanced air filtration systems.
30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It HappenAnda and Jenny French of Boston architecture firm French 2D specialize in “strange” housing types where people can reconsider...
Architect Antoine Predock Dies, Leaving a Legacy Inspired by the American SouthwestThe visionary designer referenced the terrain of his adopted home state of New Mexico in his work.
Riken Yamamoto, Architect of Innovative Housing, Wins the 2024 Pritzker PrizeThe Japanese designer has made a career of finding new ways to bring people together.
ADUs Might Not Be Making Chicago More Affordable, But They Might Make It More SustainableAn all-electric project by Latent Design isn’t exactly cheap, but it keeps fossil fuels out of the home.
Chicago’s Mayor Pitches Borrowing More Than $1B to Fund “Social Housing” and Other ProjectsIf approved by the city council, the local government will loan hundreds of millions to developers to build affordable housing.
Homes.com Is Flexing a Whopping $1 Billion Budget to Get You Off of Redfin and ZillowThe CoStar brand spent a portion of that on star-studded Super Bowl ads in a major bid for supremacy among home listing sites.
A New Website Is Trying to Convince You That Housing Can Be “Awesome and Affordable”The site’s creators are trying to change public opinion about multifamily projects in Southern California by sharing information.
You Will Soon, Hypothetically, Be Able to Take a Luxury Train Across Saudi ArabiaOn the heels of the controversial Neom mega-city announcements last year, the kingdom has announced the new Dream of the Desert...
Is Rent Getting Cheaper in 2024? It’s ComplicatedLast week’s report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies showed that the market may be cooling, but more people may...
How a Former NFL Player Is Keeping the Past Alive Using DesignAfter leaving pro sports, Michael Bennett is still thinking about bodies moving in time—just on a different scale.
How to Keep New York’s Floating Swimming Pool From Being an Island for the RichArchitect Dong-Ping Wong, who recently made headlines for vocalizing concerns about whether + POOL will be accessible to...
I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Dystopian Hotel in “A Murder at the End of the World”The fictional bunker perfectly embodies misanthropic luxury, evoking our current billionaires and their lairs almost too closely.
An Almost 14-Year Timeline of New York City’s Hypothetical Floating PoolThe announcement last week that + POOL would receive city and state funding might seem promising, but as one of its creators...
Would Blocking Private Equity From Buying Homes Really Fix the Housing Shortage?A recent bill in Congress proposes clamping down on companies scooping up single-family residences.
Charcoal, Mushrooms, and More Become Building Parts for a South Chicago Artist ResidencyUrban Growers Collective is creating the structure using materials grown on its 14-acre urban farm.
HUD Finds Discrimination in Chicago’s Public Housing DevelopmentThe report follows years of investigations into the city’s discriminatory planning practices.
New York City Might… Pay You to Build an ADU?The Plus One ADU pilot program launched this week and will fund up to 15 projects throughout the city.
“The Curse” Demolishes the HGTV FantasyIn the satirical new Showtime series, the home improvement format serves as a springboard to explore sticky truths often glossed...
As WeWork Files for Bankruptcy, Other Coworking Businesses Are Doubling DownBritish holding company IWG is poised to snap up offices left empty by the startup. Smaller enterprises are expanding, too.