Housing supply can have a big influence on families' economic fortunes, but it's determined block by block, city by city—not by presidents.

A March state-level Supreme Court ruling requires many municipalities to build hundreds of apartments. In one town, opposition has taken on an anti-Semitic cast.

An architect immerses himself in residential production housing to learn why people like it—and what it can teach Americans about the future of urban design.

Section 8 is supposed to help people move to areas with less poverty, but it’s worked better in some places than others.