One in four American adults is now likely to be experiencing symptoms of depression, a threefold increase from last year.

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

Motivating people to save for retirement isn't easy, but when it comes to planning, "the simpler, the better," a new study confirms.

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.

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

New research on ICU beds in hospitals reveals how starkly a person's ZIP code affects access to COVID-19 care.

Money is a determining factor in how well people can engage in social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research confirms.

The cost of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is around 500 times greater than what it would take to prevent pandemics by protecting tropical forests.

"...longstanding worries about income inequality and its relationship to college opportunity are warranted."