• Faith Leaders Want To Build Homes—the YIGBY Act Could Finally Let Them,Allaire Conte

    Faith Leaders Want To Build Homes—the YIGBY Act Could Finally Let Them

    What if solving America’s housing crisis started in a church parking lot? That’s the vision behind U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Yes in God’s Back Yard (YIGBY) Act, a newly proposed federal bill that would help faith-based and higher education institutions build housing on land they already own. "Faith co

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  • L.A. ‘Trash House’ Sparks Outcry Again as Mountains of Garbage Return to Front Yard,Teresa Mettela

    L.A. ‘Trash House’ Sparks Outcry Again as Mountains of Garbage Return to Front Yard

    Neighbors have been gawking at a hard-to-miss Spanish-style stucco home in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Locals have dubbed the property a “trash house” after mountains of garbage bags piled across the front yard. The home, located on the 600 block of Martel Avenue, is occupied by Vietnam vet

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  • Fed Rate Cut Expectations Grow as Employment Softens and Mortgage Rates Fall,Danielle Hale

    Fed Rate Cut Expectations Grow as Employment Softens and Mortgage Rates Fall

    A combination of factors this week will have all eyes on the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Sept. 16–17 and whether any drop in interest rates will happen. First, inflation data was mixed. Although producer prices fell after a hefty uptick in July, consumer prices edged higher in  August. I don’t expe

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