Urban Edge
Gap between income growth and housing cost increases continues to grow
As of March 2019, only a handful of the largest metropolitan areas had housing markets that would be considered "healthy."
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Understanding serial eviction filers
Why do property owners file evictions against the same tenant over and over? A new study of Atlanta-area eviction filings considers the practice.
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Why homelessness is going down in Houston but up in Dallas
Although the view on the streets might tell a different story, Houston has been able to decrease its homeless population by 53% since 2011, according to the annual data. In Dallas the trend is the opposite and housing affordability might make the problem even worse.
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A new report shows both Dallas and Houston as cities where people are wanting to rent next.
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HOAs are spreading. But at what cost to cities?
Almost 60 percent of new single-family home construction today is in an HOA, according to the study.
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