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Cavalry arrives to solve the housing crisis — a decade too late
Cavalry arrives to solve the housing crisis — a decade too late

Sudden urgency in the government’s infrastructure plan rings hollow, after years of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail failing to tackle an emergency Read more

The Times - Dec 06
Ezra Klein: Tackling America's housing crisis - Sun, 30 Nov 2025 PST
Ezra Klein: Tackling America's housing crisis - Sun, 30 Nov 2025 PST

The housing market keeps getting worse. Home prices have risen more than 50% since the pandemic. About a third of Americans households now spend more than 30% of their income on housing. In 2014, the median age of a first-time homebuyer was 31. In 2025, it was 40 – the highest on record. Read more

Spokesman - Nov 30
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Tiny Apartments
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Tiny Apartments

There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each. Read more

The New York Times - Nov 25
Matt Stoller: How 'oligarchs' and 'extraction' fueled America's housing crisis
Matt Stoller: How 'oligarchs' and 'extraction' fueled America's housing crisis

Home ownership is now out-of-reach for many Americans. “Homes are for people to live in,” says Matt Stoller of the American ... Read more

Biztoc - Nov 16
Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’

Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.Read the full story, “Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’”, on globalissues.org → Read more

Global Issues - Nov 16
How one simple tax change could help fix Australia's housing crisis
How one simple tax change could help fix Australia's housing crisis

Thousands of vacant homes across Australia could be freed up with a straightforward change to tax reforms, according to a property expert. Read more

Mail Online - Oct 28
Homes shipped 30 miles across Lake Michigan to help remote island’s housing crisis
Homes shipped 30 miles across Lake Michigan to help remote island’s housing crisis

A $1.8 million project brought 12 new housing rentals to the most remote inhabited island in the Great Lakes. Read more

Mlive - Oct 16
Row erupts in Spain as local mayor demands tourist tax to fix housing crisis
Row erupts in Spain as local mayor demands tourist tax to fix housing crisis

The local mayor of a popular seaside city is pushing once again for a tourist tax but not everyone agrees with it. Read more

Express - Oct 06
Grainger’s Helen Gordon: Buy to let can help ease the housing crisis
Grainger’s Helen Gordon: Buy to let can help ease the housing crisis

Helen Gordon, the head of Grainger, Britain’s biggest listed residential landlord, says the stigma towards renting is misplaced Read more

The Times - Sep 06
Former Obama official freaks out at California Democrat over her record amid housing crisis debate
Former Obama official freaks out at California Democrat over her record amid housing crisis debate

California officials clashed over the SB 79 housing bill as former Obama official Jon Lovett argued the state faces an emergency requiring urgent action to build more homes. Read more

Fox News - Aug 29