Affordable housing is scarcer than ever.
A record 20.2 million American households spent more than half of their incomes on housing in 2010, according to a new study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released on Thursday. That is a 13 percent increase from 2007, and a 46 percent increase from 2001, according to the study. The report examined both renters and homeowners. BLOG POSTS  | Rep. Jackie Speier: Make It In America Once Again
How much of what we own was made in our country? Inventory your clothes, TV, kitchen appliances and cell phone: chances are most items were not made here. But if we make things in America once again, American families will make it, too. |  | Alan Grayson: ... And the Poor Get Poorer
In the greatest economic crisis that the United States has faced since the Great Depression, the rich barely lost a nickel. But the poor definitely got poorer. And people in the middle were crushed. |  | David Geller: Workload Overload: When is Enough, Enough?
I recently met with a couple in their early 60's. The husband has a high-paying, demanding job in a rapidly changing industry. He works 60+ hours a week and is constantly complaining to his wife that he's exhausted and has often lamented that he's working himself into an early grave. |  | Ann Brenoff: In Defense Of Buying Your Child's Love
I just broke my own #1 child-rearing rule: Hold your ground. My parenting sin is that I caved to my 11-year-old son's pleading and bought him an iPhone4S after I told him I wouldn't. So sue me. |  | LearnVest: I'm A Slave To My Health Care
We need a national health care plan. It's time. Unless Mr. Right With the Awesome Medical Plan sweeps into my world (and if he's on his way, his GPS seems to be seriously messed up), it's just me ... and I need help. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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