Housing

The Unending Morass of Housing Finance Reform

Ike Brannon · December 9, 2015 6:41 pm

Christian Bale and Sibi Blazic arrive at the world premiere of "The Big Short" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Christian Bale: Bush and Kasich ‘should not be allowed to run for president’

Joshua Axelrod · December 9, 2015 12:35 am

Several regulations affecting the housing market will be before the courts, including the Environmental Protection Agencyâs new ozone standards and the Department of Laborâs proposed overtime regulation that could affect up to 116,000 construction supervisor. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Joana Suleiman and Washington Examiner · November 30, 2015 6:00 am

During the Twitter chat, Jason Furman suggested that the administration's priority in tax reform is protecting tax credits aimed at alleviated poverty and promoting work. (AP Photo)Â

White House economist: Excessive zoning creates inequality, bubbles, environmental damage

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2015 5:38 pm

Feds to Punish Public Housing Tenants for Smoking in Their Own Apartments

Feds to Punish Public Housing Tenants for Smoking in Their Own Apartments

Eli Lehrer · November 16, 2015 1:12 pm

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a proposed rule Thursday to require more than 3,100 public housing agencies across the country to make their properties smoke-free.Â (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

HUD seeks to ban smoking in public housing

Robert King · November 12, 2015 4:53 pm

A 24-year-old homeless woman,Â Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles,Â who worksÂ part-time at an elementary school, pushes her cart to do laundry at a nearby homeless encampment.Â Hawaii has the highest rate of homelessness in the United States, at 487 per 100,000 people, according to federal statistics.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Housing trouble in paradise

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2015 11:26 pm

Pictured above is the fire-damaged multimillion-dollar home in northwest Washington home where four people were killed in May.Â The "as-is" 16,281-square foot house hit the market Sunday at $3.25 million. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Infamous D.C. mansion hits market at hefty price

Anna Giaritelli · November 2, 2015 8:20 pm

Economists Bruce Meyer and Nikolas Mittag wroteÂ in a working paper published Monday that theÂ census survey used to calculate poverty and the poverty rate is affected by widespread underreporting of use of government anti-poverty programs. (AP Photo)

Study: Census severely overstates U.S. poverty

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2015 4:44 pm

Beyond Bailout Nation

Peter Ferrara and Stephen Moore · October 26, 2015 4:00 am

"The right answer is not to 'recap and release' as some say," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Monday morning on CNBC. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Obama Treasury slams door on releasing Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · October 19, 2015 1:37 pm

Housing policies intended to help blacks and Hispanics were always at risk of hurting them, and did so in the 2007-08 collapse. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How black homebuyers are hurt — by government policies and high crime

Michael Barone · October 12, 2015 4:17 pm