Ben Carson's 'Oreo' Gaffe Highlights Acronym Madness at Federal Agencies
Plus: New York may ban 3D-printed guns and most Americans support Roe v. Wade.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government Caused Housing Segregation. Do We Need More Government to Fix the Problem?
The Manhattan Institute's Howard Husock debates Economic Policy Institute's Richard Rothstein at the Soho Forum.
Ben Carson Calls Out Zoning Regulations for Driving Up Housing Costs
The HUD Secretary wants to revise Obama-era housing regulations he says do too little to address the real drivers of housing costs.
Jay Austin, Tiny House Innovator, Killed in Attack Claimed by ISIS
Austin was part of a group murdered in Tajikistan.
National Ban on Smoking in Public Housing Is Unconstitutional, Lawsuit Says
Tenants are challenging a HUD rule that requires local public housing authorities across the country to prohibit people from smoking in their homes.
Atlanta Scrambles to Get Out of Expensive Deal It Forgot It Made
The city's housing authority committed to selling $138 million of government land for $17 million.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Most Wasteful Government Agency You've Never Heard Of
The Navajo Housing Authority has a long and storied history of waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds.
The Community Development Block Grant Program Is Awful and Should Be Cut
HUD program a significant source of corruption and cronyism, and much less about helping the poor
New Frontiers in Gendered-Bathroom Battles
Regulations target transgender access to restrooms in federal buildings and beds in homeless shelters.
Is Another Financial Crisis On the Way?
We didn't learn the lessons of the last crisis. Does that mean we're doomed to repeat it?
Liberal Policies vs. Affordable Housing
The chronic shortage of inexpensive housing is really a blaring signal for government to get out of the way.
The City of Chicago Battles Blight—By Paying for Granite Counter Tops in a Gentrifying Neighborhood
How not to deal with abandoned foreclosed homes.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
When the Government Is the Slum Lord
At least the private ones aren't subsidized by taxpayers
Department of Housing and Urban Development
FHA Will Continue Lending During Shutdown
Does the shutdown actually stop anything?
The Most Important State-Federal Dispute You're Not Paying Attention To
The fight between HUD and Westchester County has implications for property owners in the rest of the country.
How Government Handouts Foster Dependency
Section 8 recipients can become comfortably dependent on government assistance.
'The Financial Crisis Was the Result of Government Housing Policy'
The American Enterprise Institute's Peter Wallison on how government, not greed, was the essential ingredient in the 2008 meltdown.
Washington's Lousy Real Estate Portfolio
Federal housing bureaucracies are failing. They need to fail faster.
