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The last two years have pushed many homes into the “unaffordable” category. It is a crisis. Even with rising starts, there is insufficient supply in the pipeline to meet current and projected demand. Same thing with rentals, too. The industry projects that three million units will be needed by 2035 but even with 900,000 under...

Renters who want more space or a different lifestyle but who cannot afford to buy are turning increasingly to rentals. Developers across the U.S. are working to meet that growing need. Rental communities were around before but interest in them exploded as multi-family members sought more space and privacy and more people working remotely. Over...

Arizona, Texas, Florida, and other places where there is insufficient workforce housing are turning to build-to-rent models. These rental communities are home to firefighters and teachers, sales professionals and bankers, and others who either can’t find homes or don’t want home ownership. Properly managed rental communities leave families to family time while things like maintenance...

How to affordably tame high-impact noise zones. How many times have you found a great parcel only to find it’s near an airport, rail line or highway, sometimes all three. In this story, the property was close to all three. But using ICF, insulated concrete form, a building system that uses lightweight foam blocks stacked...