New big-data research connects "underwater" mortgages from the 2007-08 recession with people's stagnant earnings and inability to move.

"New Deal housing policies encouraged racial segregation and their substantial impact on American cities and towns can still be seen today."

The design of the places veterans with PTSD live and work can provide some relief, according to new research that digs into what works best for vets.

A new study undermines the classic "big promise" for older homeowners, that a house, after it is paid off, can sell for a retirement nest egg.

One in seven people in the US say they worry about paying rent. An expert digs in to how COVID-19 has made the housing crisis worse, and how to fix it.

Inconsistent EPA regulations stand to put more than 35,000 more US children at risk of lead poisoning, research finds.

Demolishing abandoned houses may help whole neighborhoods by getting people to do a better job maintaining their own properties, a new study shows.

The giant houses of wealthy Americans offset progress toward lower greenhouse gas emissions, report researchers. See the map.

"There is a link between the microbiome of bedbugs and the microbiome of household dust in bedbug infested homes."

“Just focusing on renters will not be enough to prevent a financial crisis like the crisis of 2007-08. We need comprehensive solutions.”