Jennifer Ludden is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk where she covers housing, homelessness, poverty and inequality. She tells stories of people struggling with the country's massive shortage ...

Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage.

The lack of affordable housing is a major factor ... The next "point-in-time" count of homelessness in D.C. is happening ...

New members of Milwaukee’s Housing Authority board are eager to turn things around, after numerous complaints from public ...

Housing has become one of the country's thorniest issues. We take a look back at the year, and at what 2025 may bring.

More than 770,000 people were living in shelters or outside in January, according to an annual federal report on homelessness ...

Still, several housing analysts interviewed by NPR say restricting Airbnb won't bring down prices, at least not by itself. Even Taboada, head of Mexico City's Planning Institute, says Airbnb is ...

Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...

Here to talk us through the year in housing and what next year might bring is NPR business correspondent Laurel Wamsley. Hi, Laurel. LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: Hey, Daniel. ESTRIN: So I'm speaking to ...

Mexico City is the latest major metropolitan area to impose restrictions on Airbnb — after New York City and Barcelona. Soaring housing prices have displaced many longtime residents.