Cheap rent has gotten much harder to find as housing costs have surged over the last decade. The number of homes that rent for under $1,000 has plummeted, Harvard researchers found. Meanwhile, half of ...

During the past several years, unemployment and other issues have slashed many Americans' credit scores. At the same time, foreclosures and tighter lending criteria have also sent one-time homeowners ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

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