Jun 10th, 2008 · Congressional leaders hope to wrap up a bill soon that would slow the pace of foreclosures. They're at their highest level since 1979. The bill has strong support from Democrats and quite a few Republicans. But the government bailout plan is also meeting resistance — from renters and even other homeowners.
May 16th, 2008 · AngryRenters.com is an amateur-looking Web site that claims to speak for renters fed up with mortgage bailout programs. But it's actually the brainchild of millionaire Steve Forbes and Republican conservative Dick Armey.
May 5th, 2008 · In his new collection, Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems, poet Cornelius Eady writes of his transition from urban renter to rural homeowner and the encroachment of middle age.
Mar 14th, 2008 · The Jeremiah Group has developed a loan plan to turn the city's low-income renters into homeowners. Instead of rejecting the idea as an impractical suggestion by idealistic do-gooders, the state embraced it.
Mar 14th, 2008 · As foreclosures continue to rise across the country, the number of renters being affected by the housing crisis is also going up. Banks try to recoup their losses by selling homes, and renters are facing rapid evictions. In California, scores of renters are being kicked out of their homes, even when they haven't missed a single rent payment.
Feb 6th, 2007 · Home ownership isn't always the smart option; sometimes, renting makes sense. Consider these money-smart tips for people who live in rental housing.
Mar 21st, 2006 · Farai Chideya talks with Brian Montgomery, assistant secretary for housing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, about the agency's new education campaign meant to help African-Americans buy their first homes.
Feb 21st, 2005 · Still Renting February 21, 2005 · Columnist Brian Unger laments that the seemingly endless surges in housing prices have doomed him to forever be a renter.