Social and physical changes in the home can help older adults live alone more easily and protect their cognition, researchers say.

City apartments have more varieties of fungi and more industrial chemicals than do rural and jungle homes, researchers find.

Why do people experience homelessness? An expert upends common assumptions about substance abuse, mental illness, and "bad choices."

These five elements of the built environment are closely linked to water use in single-family homes. This information could inform better city planning.

If your neighbors' houses are bigger than yours, you may be less likely to feel satisfied with your own home, researchers say.

Color-coded maps were once justification for denying home loans in certain, redlined neighborhoods. Those areas now face higher rates of asthma, research finds.

Companies that file for an IPO alter the economies of nearby ZIP codes, research finds.

Same-sex mortgage applicants were 73 percent more likely to get a denial than heterosexual couples, researchers report.

When landlords disclose the bedbug history of their rental properties, infestations go down and tenants and landlords both save money.

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