According to the Congressional Budget Office, 1.6 million housing starts are needed annually for the next 10 years to meet ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development constructed most of America's housing for the elderly, known as Section 202 housing, starting in the 1950s. So the design features, including ...

The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a bill that would improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 202 program, which provides housing to low-income seniors. “Over one-third of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Next, in our look at federal housing programs reviewed in former ...

Affordable housing advocates are predicting a surge in the use of tax-exempt multifamily housing bonds from a new federal initiative to rehabilitate senior citizens housing. The U.S. Department of ...

Insufficient federal funding, low incomes and an aging population are some of the main factors that have contributed to many rural areas’ shortage of affordable housing. Examining census tracts within ...

The nation’s growing population of older adults will get some much-needed help for housing needs in 2010. This may be very welcome news since seniors won’t see an automatic cost-of-living increase in ...