A hit-and-run crash sent a minivan crashing into a Wendy’s restaurant on the East Side on Sunday, Columbus police said.No injuries were reported.According to th

Less than a year after groundbreaking, the Reserve at Maryland is already welcoming its first tenants. The four-building affordable apartment complex, located at 1728 Maryland Ave., is made of prefabr...

New analysis of rental ledgers shows rapid increase in utility charges for renters.

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Deputy Director, Offsite & Modular Housing Job Type: Full-Time, RemoteDivision: HousingReports to: Director of Housing Compensation: $105-$120,000; commensurate with experience Description Th...

The City of Columbus has released a new handbook for residents interested in building an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on their property. Posted online last month with little fanfare, the new document...

This groundbreaking pilot study leverages optical character recognition, text extraction, and natural language processing on a sample of rental ledgers from …

To effectively analyze a policy, researchers consider how it affects not only the overall population but also specific racial and ethnic groups. That’s because long-standing systemic barriers can lead...

Many jurisdictions are considering or have already enacted zoning reforms to boost housing supply. Here’s what research tells us about when it delivers new h…

Join the team! The Research intern will assist with ongoing research of state and local housing trust funds (such as who they serve, how they are funded, what activities they support), writes articles...

This publication presents original estimates of the economic and fiscal impacts of 45 affordable multifamily housing projects completed in Oklahoma between 2…

Accessible, accurate, and timely data is a critical tool to help decisionmakers at the local, state, and federal levels; housing providers; and fair housing …

Deputy Director – Data, Analytics and Infrastructure Resource - AFL-CIO : District of Columbia — Union Jobs Clearinghouse

In a nation as wealthy and innovative as ours, no one should be forced to sleep in a park, in a car, or in shelters. But today, millions of people don’t have enough income to cover high housing...

American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections

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More details have been revealed about a long-planned Near East Side museum, including a projected opening date. A groundbreaking ceremony for Poindexter Village African American Museum – Ohio History ...

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An affordable housing development is coming to a neighborhood that has not seen a lot of new investment in recent years. Devon Triangle consists of a mix of warehouses, businesses, and about a hundred homes located south of East Fifth Avenue and west of Old Leonard Avenue. Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio plans to build a 14-unit […]

Contrary to initial expectations, most Opportunity Zone investments are in housing. Governors will be selecting new Opportunity Zones in 2026, and local leaders need to work now to best position their...

Oklahoma legislators are proposing reforms to address the state's high eviction rates, which particularly impact families with young students. Proposed changes include providing legal representation…

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Columbus City Council voted last night to legalize Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in all residential districts. Also known as carriage houses or mother-in-law suites, ADUs are smaller housing units b...

While you may be clean, and your house may be clean, if you live in Ohio, you’re residing in one of the nation’s dirtiest states, according to a new study. The study, conducted by drain manufacturer…

A proposed shift in federal funding away from permanent supportive housing solutions could push tens of thousands of people out of their housing program over…

Across the country, aging affordable housing presents challenges for residents and housing providers alike. Not only are older buildings expensive to maintain, but deferred maintenance also drives up ...

Corporations are rolling out new technologies that may technically comply with data privacy laws, but actually create more ways to control and exploit workers. This brief offers concrete principles fo...

Despite over 2 million older adults receiving federal rental assistance, only about one in three older adults who need federal rental assistance receive...

The Trump administration announced another round of tariffs last week that could contribute to higher rents and more stalled development projects in Columbus. At a time when they are already dealing w...

In this brief, we estimate the impact on coverage of the expiration of enhanced PTCs that would occur in 2026 without action by Congress. Our estimates inclu…

Homeownership is a key source of household wealth. Many households hope to build wealth through homeownership and to pass it down to future generations. But …

August 07, 2025: EPA announced that it plans to terminate $7 billion in grants obligated to states, tribes, and territories meant to help over 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households access re...

Ninety years after the Social Security Act was signed into law, the program remains popular but needs modern retooling to continue to support beneficiaries with low incomes and disabled adults.,On Aug...

Utah's leaders worry skyrocketing home prices are keeping young people from creating wealth. It's among a growing number of states — red and blue — passing laws to promote more affordable places.

Columbus City Council is preparing new legislation that would legalize Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in all residential districts. Councilmember Otto Beatty held a hearing yesterday to lay out a rou...

The tax bill includes big increases in housing funding. But its other provisions are so harmful that the affordable housing field should not be celebrating.

Automatic sealing and expungement can make it easier and more equitable for people with eviction and criminal records to find stable housing. States are innovating in effective ways.

The president’s budget proposed combining five federal housing assistance programs into one block grant—a move that would immediately and dramatically reduce the number of assisted households.

Mobile home parks offer many residents a chance at affordable homeownership. But eviction from these communities can be particularly harmful. Our study documents for the first time the extent of eviction activity in mobile home parks across the state of Florida.

While the topic of “disappearing data” may seem alarmist, or perhaps relevant only to data people, what we are learning about changes to the support of our publicly funded data is going to affect every organization, including non-profit and for-profit organizations. At our May 30 event in Hartford, we learned more about what is happening to data and data partnership that is affecting state data, what we can do in our own organizations to follow the law and protect privacy, and most importantly, identified actions that we can all take as participants in this great democracy.