#HomeOwnership

Diane E Thompson

DianeEThompson1

Today, @cfpb settled with Harbour Portfolio for $25K, after finding that Harbour misrepresented as a matter of law to homeowners what was required to correct false credit reporting.Today's settlement provides

Rachel Star 🌟

rachel_a_star

In the past 4 months, my apt building in SF has been broken into 3x. Some of our stuff has been stolen/damaged — but, luckily, we are totally fineOne of

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/OK, let's take a little break from Coup Twitter, and think about an economic issue: How can we build up the wealth of the middle class?https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/housing-and-wealth-building 2/The typical American has

Michael Kao

UrbanKaoboy

Re: Fannie/Freddie-Thoughts on Don Layton’s “Living Will” Paper. This paper is a must-read; imho, it reinforces my primary GSE thesis: Receivership is NOT an option because TINA (There Is No

The Hoarse Whisperer

TheRealHoarse

I’m just gonna add something about one common racist trope in this person’s rant:“People sending their kids to schools they don’t pay for...”Let’s examine that one for a second.1/https://twitter.com/hoarsewisperer/status/1275785

The Scribe of Waiyaki Way

TheSoWW

Buying or building a home to "have a roof over your head in case you lose your job" is endearing yet flawed reasoning.It's a bit like saying you want to

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about a very important trend, and contains a very big idea.It's about how Millennials (and young Americans in general) haven't been able to build wealth, and

Hunter

rhunterh

Here’s a thread about home ownership as someone who just sold their first primary residence Quick preface: numbers are approx and high-level (pretty much just initial equity, debt service,

Rohana Rezel

rohanarezel

Federal government will never let housing become affordable in Canada. @CMHC_ca is on the hook for around a trillion dollars worth of insurance contracts and loan guarantees. CMHC has about

Damien Goodmon

damienISgoodmon

Let me help u out here @JakeAnbinder: #ItsTheSpeculationStupidAnd btw when it comes to #YIMBY oppo, ull find no love 4 ‘em among damn near every org pushing housing justice long

Tom Le

profTLe

Recently my family became the faculty-in-residence at Pomona College. It's a big deal not just because of the opportunity to get to know students at a deeper level, but also

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Someone on Twitter asked me what my top three priorities to boost American material prosperity would be.So I wrote a @bopinion post about it.They are:1. National health insurance2. Cheap housing3.

Peter Apps

PeteApps

Think this is worth unpacking a bit. What the (majority Tory) committee has accused MHCLG of is a “deplorable... cycle of policy invention, abandonment and reinvention".It's really a broadside at

PricedOut

PricedOutUK

Initial thoughts on the new #planningreform paper! Government is absolutely right to overhaul the planning system. There is a desperate shortage of homes in high-demand areas. It makes rents enormously

Laurie Macfarlane

L__Macfarlane

Good FT editorial identifying one of the key drivers of inequality during the pandemic: high saving rates among those who’ve maintained their incomes, and rising indebtedness among those who haven’t.

Resolution Foundation

resfoundation

Today we have published new research exploring the distribution of wealth between ethnic groups in Great Britain. A short thread with the highlights follows....https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/a-gap-that-wont-close/ Huge we

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