housing

After struggling to find an apartment rental in London on a budget, Harrison Marshall turned a dumpster into a tiny home for $5,000. Here’s a look inside his “weirdly comfortable” 25-square-foot space, where he now lives for $62 a month.

The increase will affect many borrowers across a range of credit scores, but the change is ultimately designed to help make homeownership more accessible.

A new Dallas housing policy approved this week is intended to promote affordability in a city where it’s getting very expensive to live.

Dallas has a new policy for promoting affordable housing, but not until after some bitter debate among city leaders. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports on the vote and a developer who says his affordable housing approach isn’t getting enough support.

NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 in partnership with Cars For Homes and Trinity Habitat for Humanity sponsored and built the Arnulfo and Crystal Gonzalez Trinity Habitat for Humanity family home last fall. We followed the Gonzalez family story through the Habitat process as part of Telemundo 39’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. Lydia Traina, the Senior Director of Development and Public Relations...

With rents rising at mobile home parks across the U.S., housing advocates are urging state legislatures to pass bills that would help residents buy their parks if they’re put up for sale.

Longtime tenants on March Avenue in Elm Thicket were scrambling to leave Wednesday with a wrecking crew demolishing old duplexes on the street and expensive new homes under construction.

There is a tremendous shortage of affordable housing in Dallas. The Elm Thicket neighborhood near Love Field used to be affordable but we met some long time tenants on one street who are scrambling to leave with wrecking crews working fast.

An economic boom continues in northern Collin County.

Northern Collin County is in the middle of an economic boom. A groundbreaking celebrated the arrival of a new hospital as big retailers continue to show interest in small communities with major growth projections. Maria Guerrero shows us what’s happening in Celina and Prosper.

After being overwhelmed with applications for housing assistance, Texas announced it will be closing its Rent Relief Portal far sooner than originally planned.

After being overwhelmed with applications for housing assistance, Texas announced it will be closing its Rent Relief Portal far sooner than originally planned.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) announced it will be closing the Texas Rent Relief application portal on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 11:59 am CT.

Applications are open beginning Tuesday for eligible Texans who could use help with paying rent or utility bills.

Applications are open beginning Tuesday for eligible Texans who could use help with paying rent or utility bills.

People looking to buy homes in North Texas may need to wait longer than planned if they’re hoping for a cooler housing market, an economist says.

In the last several months, interest rates have reached the highest they’ve been in decades. And, with inflation holding steady, some would-be buyers find themselves in a holding pattern yet again.

Construction is underway at a mixed-income housing complex in Fort Worth named after long-time activist and educator, Opal Lee. The complex is named “The Opal” in honor of Opal Lee, known nationally as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” Lee is known for her campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, an effort that became a reality in 2021. “I think the…

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North Texans being priced out of apartments and homes will soon have a new option as more affordable housing is coming to Fort Worth.The plan is to convert a motel into apartments in the Las Vegas Trail neighborhood of Fort Worth.