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VA Housing Grants: How Veterans Can Apply

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers special housing grants to help veterans with service-connected disabilities buy, build, or adapt a home, so they can live more independently. These grants can pay for important chang...

New Jersey's Innovative Solution to Affordable Housing Crisis: Leveraging Transit Systems

New Jersey might have just found a groundbreaking solution to its affordable housing crisis, and it lies just outside its transit system. With approximately 74,000 acres of underuti...

The Affordable Housing Crisis and the Impact on Young Adults: Addressing the Needs of Former Foster Youth

In recent times, a significantly high number of young adults, approximately 45%, aged between 18 to 29, find themselves living at their parental homes. This trend is pr...

HUD Makes Housing Help Available to More People

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making big steps to help more Americans get help with housing.  They're starting new programs, including teaming up with a company called Zillow and usi...

Home Buying Help for People With Disabilities

When you're living with a disability, you might think owning a home isn't possible. But there's good news: not only are there mortgages for which you can apply, but there are also special loans and grants to help mak...

California's Eviction Crisis: Proposed Legislation Aims to Protect Tenants from Nonpayment Evictions

In California, a couple struggling with health issues faced eviction from their subsidized home despite having the funds to settle their unpaid rent.  Currently, sta...

Housing Costs are Changing the Way People Choose Jobs

The high cost of housing is becoming a major factor in how people make career decisions. It’s not just about choosing where to live anymore—it’s also about deciding whether to switch jobs, work in-offic...

8 Tips to Get the Lowest Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates have recently gone down due to hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut rates. However, after a recent Fed meeting, rates have stayed about the same. Experts don’t expect a big drop in interest rates before the ...

Wyoming's Housing Aid Expansion Still Falls Short

Wyoming recently increased funding for housing assistance programs to help struggling families. However, housing advocates say the additional $8 million in aid still won't meet the scale of need across the state.&nb...