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Trump's housing plan must go deeper than lower mortgage rates

NAA-NMHC research shows we need to build 4.3 million more apartments by 2035 to meet demand. To date, the Trump Administration has implemented a number of pro-housing, common-sense policies from easing burdensome regulations to eliminating barriers that slow development which are important steps in the right direction. Yet now more than ever is the time for decisive and transformational action.

US politics

Silicon Valley

fromThe Mercury News

2 days ago

Record wealth. Record costs. Here's Silicon Valley by the numbers

Silicon Valley's wealth concentration widens as investment income surges, creating stark disparities in housing affordability and demographic decline among lower-income residents.

Silicon Valley

fromwww.mercurynews.com

2 days ago

Silicon Valley is richer than ever. Fewer residents are sharing in it.

Silicon Valley's wealth increasingly concentrates among affluent residents through investment ownership, while wage earners struggle despite six-figure incomes, widening economic inequality.

Philosophy

fromFast Company

1 month ago

The economy of self-the value of viewing yourself as a personal economic ecosystem

Individuals should cultivate a personal economic ecosystem—the Economy of Self—to protect and advance financial stability amid labor disruption, housing shortages, and rapid technological change.

Real estate

fromBusiness Insider

5 months ago

Cape Cod has an affordable housing problem. Could taxing the wealthy fix it?

Barnstable County proposes a 2% real estate transfer fee on sales over $2 million to fund affordable year‑round housing, projected to raise $56 million annually.