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The Workers Missing From America’s Housing Crisis

The Workers Missing From America’s Housing Crisis

by zhenjia.zhang | May 13, 2025 | Featured, Housing, immigrant

At 6 a.m. on a chilly April morning, Luis C, a 46-year-old migrant construction worker from Chile, was waiting for the path train to Journal Square in Jersey City to start work. Two years ago, he came to the U.S. with his wife and their 4-year-old daughter on a...
Five Things to Watch in April’s Case-Shiller Report

Five Things to Watch in April’s Case-Shiller Report

by zhenjia.zhang | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured, Housing

The housing prices are expected to keep rising in the U.S. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report, which uses a repeat-sales methodology to track changes in U.S. home prices, is set to be released on Tuesday. This report offers benchmark insights into the housing...
U.S. Home Prices Hit Record High in January, Dividing Homeowner-Renter Gap

U.S. Home Prices Hit Record High in January, Dividing Homeowner-Renter Gap

by zhenjia.zhang | Apr 12, 2025 | Housing

NEW YORK — U.S. home price growth hit a new high in January, widening the gap between homeowners and renters. Nationwide, home prices grew 4.1% in January from a year earlier, up from a 3.9% annual gain in the previous month, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic...
Fairfield’s Local Affordable Housing Battle Reflects National Struggle

Fairfield’s Local Affordable Housing Battle Reflects National Struggle

by zhenjia.zhang | Mar 31, 2025 | Featured, Housing

Drive down Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield, Connecticut, and there is a wooded area, sitting in the midst of a neighborhood that is peaceful and quiet but somehow also isolated.  The site nearly looked very different. A 96-unit, six-story building was proposed there...
U.S. Home Prices Continue Growth in December, Regions Trend Diverge

U.S. Home Prices Continue Growth in December, Regions Trend Diverge

by zhenjia.zhang | Mar 8, 2025 | Featured, Housing

NEW YORK — U.S. home prices continued to rise in December, but the national numbers obscured big differences beneath the surface. Nationwide, home prices grew 3.9% in December from a year earlier, up from a 3.7% annual gain in the previous month, according to the...

Economic skepticism may drive young voters away from the ballot

by Laura Turbay | May 25, 2024 | Employment, Featured, Housing, Inflation

Imagine a frog in a pot of water. Someone raises the temperature and the frog acclimates to it. But the heat only keeps rising. That’s what inflation feels like to Kody Kohnen, a 22-year old senior at Texas A&M studying agricultural leadership, who explained...
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