Zillow and Housing Connector help 10,000 people find homes
What began in 2019 as a local solution in Seattle has evolved into a national model for unlocking private-market housing.
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ALTA Good Deeds Foundation awards $105K in grants, honors late board chair
ALTA honored the late Mary O’Donnell, who worked as foundation board chair and president and CEO of Westcor Land Title Insurance Co.
Cleveland nonprofit fights to halt investor homebuying wave
Investors were responsible for 43% of 2024 home purchases in some of Ohio’s and Pennsylvania’s lowest-income neighborhoods.
Bipartisan RESIDE Act aims to convert vacant spaces into housing
Legislation would create a pilot grant program for communities to rehabilitate empty offices, malls, motels and other properties into homes.
Section 8 use barriers analyzed in new study
While the Section 8 program enables more than 2 million low-income families each year to rent housing, thousands of vouchers go unused.
Amazon-backed affordable housing hits Seattle milestone
Amazon’s fund originally pledged to support 20,000 units across Seattle, Nashville, and Arlington, Virginia, and it has surpassed that.
Baltimore’s push against vacant housing shows positive results
Vacancy notices have fell from 16,000 in 2020 to about 12,600 in 2025 — a 21% decrease, according to Urban Institute.
Clayton debuts CrossMod manufactured homes at HUD showcase
The featured model — called the Cypress and expected to cost roughly $200,000 — is 990 square feet with two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Bill aims to expand affordable housing on unused religious, college land
Federal resources would help religious institutions and higher education campuses develop rental housing on property they already own.
Los Angeles ‘mansion tax’ fuels record affordable housing funding
Most of the money — $316 million — comes from Measure ULA, a transfer tax on property sales above $5 million that voters approved in 2022.