Topic: Housing

The ‘affordability crisis’ myth
The ‘affordability crisis’ myth November 29, 2025 Jimmy Lee Tillman II We hear it everywhere: housing affordability crisis, health care affordability crisis, childcare affordability crisis. And nothing gets fixed.
50-year mortgages: Good idea?
50-year mortgages: Good idea? November 24, 2025 Ronald C. Tinnell Let’s look at some numbers.
What's the Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis?
What's the Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis? January 17, 2019 Larry Alton The real estate boom has essentially poured gasoline onto what was already a glaring problem. 
Votes for Mortgages
Votes for Mortgages August 12, 2013 Joe Dantone If you liked the subprime crisis, you'll love what the feds are cooking up now.
Forced Diversity
Forced Diversity August 10, 2013 Don Sucher Is the HUD's 'Furthering Fair Housing' policy another Cabrini-Green in the making?
The Fed: Oops, we're doing it again!
The Fed: Oops, we're doing it again! March 6, 2012 Frank Ryan No sooner had the housing market bubble burst in 2008 than the culprit for the real estate bubble was identified, in part, as teaser interest rates. Yet the Federal Reserve hopes to double down on teaser rates.
Lawrence Summers and Obama's Clueless Housing Solution
Lawrence Summers and Obama's Clueless Housing Solution October 27, 2011 James E. Miller What's with these guys who run the world economy into the ground and then have the chutzpah to lecture us on how to fix the situation? Who really takes them seriously?