The ‘Squeezed Middle’ in the Magic City: Miami’s Vanishing Entry-Level Luxury

The ‘Squeezed Middle’ in the Magic City: Miami’s Vanishing Entry-Level Luxury

A wave of billionaires has been pouring into Miami—many seeking to avoid a proposed California “wealth tax” that would impose a one-time 5% levy on assets. But for everyday families, the middle... Read more »
Maryland Eyes Fewer Rules and Missing Middle Policies To Close 100,000-Home Gap

Maryland Eyes Fewer Rules and Missing Middle Policies To Close 100,000-Home Gap

Maryland doesn’t need to dig up its rural areas to solve its decade and a half of sluggish homebuilding, leaders say. Members of Maryland’s Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment... Read more »
Texas leads the way for middle housing growth

Texas leads the way for middle housing growth

New-home construction in the U.S. has focused on single-family and multifamily inventory growth to boost supply and affordability. But StorageCafe found that in 2023, most states overlooked one key solution to the... Read more »

Impossibly high home prices are 'feudalizing' California as unaffordable housing markets pose existential threat to middle class, study says – JASON MA, Fortune

There are unaffordable housing markets, and then there are “impossibly unaffordable” markets, four of which are in California, a recent study said. The housing crisis represents an obstacle to upward mobility, and... Read more »
Researchers sound the alarm over finances of ‘forgotten middle’ older adults

Researchers sound the alarm over finances of ‘forgotten middle’ older adults

Middle-income Americans who are 75 and older are at serious risk of a retirement crisis, according to a new research brief from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of... Read more »