Tag: Housing

"We don't have the luxury of minor tweaks; this legislation responds to the need for complete overhaul," Rep. Ed Royce said.Â

Committee to move bill to cap salaries for Fannie, Freddie CEOs

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2015 9:18 pm

A realtor walks with a potential buyer at a home for sale. The National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for June on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Homes selling at quickest pace since 2007

Joseph Lawler · July 22, 2015 3:16 pm

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro greets guests after a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

HUD’s ‘disparate impact’ war on suburban America

Michael Barone · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Communist party secretary general Nguyen Phu Trong in the Oval Office of the White House, on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: Federal gov’t will integrate races into wealthy communities

Barbara Boland · July 11, 2015 3:32 pm

Harvard: Home ownership at 20-year low, blacks suffer most

Paul Bedard · July 7, 2015 5:41 pm

The GAO found Interior lacked the ability through two systems it manages to track the $100 million in bonds companies are required to provide as collateral to reclaim land disturbed by installing wind turbines and solar panels. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

White House ups pay to put solar panels on poor people’s roofs

Zack Colman · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, left, and Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, talk with President Barack Obama before he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court’s rule by talking points

Neomi Rao · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

A luxury rental building rises high above other residential buildings in the East Harlem section of New York, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Supreme Court’s Fair Housing Act ruling: A disappointing decision, with a glimmer of hope

Ralph Kasarda · July 1, 2015 4:01 am

In this June 4, 2015, photo, a real estate sign is posted in front of a newly constructed luxury home in Roswell Ga.Â The Supreme Court last week ruled 5-4 that "disparate impact" claims may be brought under the Fair Housing Act.Â (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

A decision with a disparate impact against common sense

Roger Clegg · June 29, 2015 4:44 pm

As a society, "we are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don't like," Thomas said during rounds of questioning at the May 6, 2022 11th Circuit Judicial Conference (AP Photo)

Clarence Thomas: NBA reveals problem with Court’s race case

Barbara Boland · June 26, 2015 5:31 pm

U.S. SC rejects challenge to Fair Housing Act, rules law forbids ‘disparate impact’

Jessica Karmasek · June 25, 2015 7:45 pm

Courtney Barthelemy, 18, carries out laundry as grandmother Ethel Manuel looks from her FEMA Diamond travel trailer park trailer May 23, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Supreme Court allows use of key tool in civil rights cases

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2015 5:12 pm