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Helpful Tax Tips for Renters

Jeff Golding | Posted 03.27.2013 | Business
Jeff Golding

Most taxpayers assume that those who get the most money back are homeowners, business owners, and non-profit organizations. But lo and behold, renters are a strong competitor! Most of them just don't know it yet.

Lucia Graves

Renters Often Forgotten Victims Of Foreclosure Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.18.2012 | Business

A key law that has prevented millions of low-income tenants from becoming homeless is set to expire at the end of the 113th Congress, kicking off what...

'I Will Never Live In The Suburbs'

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.16.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in a century, most of America's largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs as y...

A Sign Of Hope For The Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.17.2012 | Business

Don't look now, but there's a sign of hope in the foreclosure crisis. There were more short sales than foreclosure sales in January, according to d...

Taxpayers Spend Staggering Amount To Keep Foreclosed Homes Looking Nice

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.11.2012 | Business

The foreclosure crisis is costing you money. How much, exactly, depends on a number of factors -- whether you own a house, what your property is wo...

In These Cities, The Rent Really Is Too Damn High

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.21.2012 | Business

From 24/7 Wall St.: The homeownership rate dropped to 66 percent of all households in the fourth quarter of 2011 — the lowest rate in over a decade....

Alexander Eichler

Why It's A Terrible Time To Be A Low-Income Renter

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012 | Business

Everyone knows the economy has been rough on homeowners lately. But for people who rent -- especially for people who rent and don't make very much mon...

The Rent Is Too Damn High In Every State In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012 | Business

The poorest people in America are running out of places to live. In every state in the country, there are people looking for cheap rental housing -...

INFOGRAPHIC: Basically No One Wants To Date That Guy Living With Mom

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2012 | Business

Apparently the idea of going back to someone's shared apartment or home after that Valentine's Day dinner isn't very appealing. Love-seekers tend ...

Alexander Eichler

Job Relocation Help Less Likely For Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.02.2012 | Business

The percentage of people moving for new jobs fell to a near-historic low in the second half of 2011, according to a recent report, as the housing bust...

Toni's Take on Real Estate: The Rent Race

Toni Haber | Posted 03.25.2012 | New York
Toni Haber

They say if you can make it here you can make it anywhere, and that old line certainly rings true for Manhattan's renters. NYC is truly a tough market for those looking to lease or ready to rent.

Alexander Eichler

Homeless Rate Ready To Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.18.2012 | Business

Although the recession has officially been over for two years, the worst may be to come for many people. Job losses rose during the last few years....

Homeownership Rates Take Their Biggest Drop Since The Great Depression

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.06.2011 | Business

During his presidency, George W. Bush spoke of his vision for an "ownership society," an America where anyone and everyone who wanted to could stake a...

American Dream Still Includes Home Ownership, But Not McMansions

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.21.2011 | Business

Americans have been skittish about buying new houses since the collapse of the real estate bubble. But they remain committed to the idea of home owner...

She Who Hesitates, Rents

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2011 | New York
Lita Smith-Mines

The woman was fidgety as she shared her qualms about buying a house. More than once she said, "I know this doesn't make total sense..." as she discussed the reasons for her reluctance.

Country Moving Toward 'Rentership Society': Is The American Dream In Trouble?

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.20.2011 | Business

Home ownership, long a central pillar of the American dream, seems increasingly unattainable for growing numbers of households. Yet old views died...

Ailing Housing Market Creating New Generation Of Renters

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 07.24.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — A growing number of Americans can't afford a home or don't want to own one, a trend that's spawning a generation of renters and a r...

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus. But There Is No Due Process in Florida

Monique Zimmerman-Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Monique Zimmerman-Stein

As we fight for homeowners to do the right thing and uphold their side of the lease, I feel that is important for the court system and press to understand what is happening to renters across the country.

Renters Find New Ways To Go Green

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Being an eco-friendly consumer isn't about placing a giant solar panel on your roof. Paula Cino is the director of energy and environmental policy wit...

Renters Threatened Again During Foreclosure Crisis

Daily Finance | Bruce Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

It's one of those stories that sounds appalling, that you might hope the media is playing up just for its shock value: responsible and conscientious t...

Low Wages and the Metropolitan Middle Class

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
John Petro

The Welfare to Work reforms of the 1990's may have shrunk the public assistance rolls, but has not necessarily improved financial stability for low-income households.

Katrina Pain Index 2010 New Orleans -- Five Years Later

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bill Quigley

The challenges facing New Orleans after Katrina are the same ones facing millions of people of color, women, the elderly and disabled and their children across the US. But Katrina made these challenges far more clear.

Co-Op Board Cancels Sale After Seeing Kid's Facebook Page

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A reliable source tells BrickUnderground that a posh Upper East Side co-op quashed a sale after running a Facebook check--on the buyer's children. "T...

HUD Wants Help Creating Anti-Gay Discrimination Study

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

CHICAGO — When federal officials studied housing discrimination based on race, the setup was simple: They sent in testers of different backgroun...

Housing Crisis Broadening: Even Renters Are Not Safe From Foreclosures

The Washington Post | Robin Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. ...