High cost-of-living has destroyed the California Dream

High housing costs are problem No. 1 It starts with housing. The California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA, is the biggest ... up the cost of living. In many areas throughout the state ... Read More

Column: They say Democrats are to blame for all California’s problems. But GOP is MIA

Some say the Democrats are to blame for California's problems, so what are the Republicans doing? Shrinking their tent ... Read More

Walters: California's economy lags because of housing shortage

California's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been sluggish and a new analysis blames poor state policy choices. Read More

California governor vetoes bill to make immigrants without legal status eligible for home loans

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made some immigrants without legal status eligible for loans under a state program offering assistance to first-time homebuyers ... Read More

'Rent is too damn high': Rosen panned for Biden-aligned votes, high housing costs

"But thanks to Jacky Rosen, we're waking up to a nightmare where homes are for high rollers and the rent is too damn high because Rosen's big spending drove housing costs ... politics writer for ... Read More

National Politics

Most are in the West, where a long-running homelessness crisis was spurred by high housing ... California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former San Francisco mayor, threatened last week to pull ... Read More

Nine out of 10 Texans say housing costs too much, poll finds

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An overwhelming majority of Texans say ... Read More

Harris zeroes in on high food and housing prices as inflation plays a big role in the campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her ... the industry is to blame for high prices. Kansas State University agricultural economist ... Read More

Vance blames Harris for high housing costs in interview with Scripps News Milwaukee

Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance blamed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for high housing costs and gave ... 12,000 factories opened up in the United States of America." ... Read More

Texas must build hundreds of thousands of homes to lower housing costs, says state comptroller

If Texas wants to rein in its high housing costs, it needs more homes, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office said Tuesday — the latest sign that the state’s high home prices and rents have become a ... Read More