Affordable housing continues to be a pressing issue for the city of Jacksonville.

JWB Rental Homes is launching the Homestep Program to make housing more affordable for the Jacksonville Community and hosting an event.

There is a housing crisis in America, and it includes a significant racial disparity in mortgage access, according to studies done by a group called Reinvestment Fund.

California has reached a settlement with the city of Elk Grove over an affordable housing project.

Realtors across the country are bracing for big changes to how they do business.

Ability Housing, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit developer of affordable housing, announced Wednesday the launch of a fund that will help boost its work in Northeast and Central Florida.

Roslyn Mixon-Phillips has been voted unanimously as the next interim CEO

A report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) revealed that the city of Jacksonville has been giving away free land to people in an effort to build more affordable housing. However, since 2019, they failed to hold the land recipients accountable.

A senior official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is visiting Jacksonville on Wednesday to join Mayor Donna Deegan and the Jacksonville Housing Authority for a funding announcement.

Florida construction law is changing, cutting the amount of time homeowners have to file construction defect claims by 30%.

Stacker compiled a list of counties in Florida where homes typically sell below list price using data from Redfin.

Spring is a hot time to sell your home. Jacksonville has one of the healthiest housing markets in the country.

A powerful real estate trade association has agreed to pay $418 million and change its rules to settle lawsuits claiming homeowners have been unfairly forced to pay artificially inflated agent commissions when they sold their homes.

The Florida Senate is moving forward with several bills that could lower property insurance costs.

St. Johns County officials are warning the public about “real estate ransom” which consists of unethical local investors or even more organized crime groups holding the title of a home captive until the owner pays a huge fee.

A military hero will soon be moving into the house she just bought with the help of Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville (HabiJax).

Veterans who are Black say they were denied housing loans from Navy Federal Credit Union because of their race.

Following our I-TEAM investigation on apartment safety, the director of a company who conducts safety assessments shared his thoughts on the law that's designed to make apartments safer.

Without saying what apartment complex you live in, tell us if you feel safe or unsafe living there and why?

While the housing market is slowly stabilizing, experts say affordability is still a challenge for homebuyers.

It’s the first time in almost six months that mortgage rates are below 7%. That has realtors sounding the alarm on a more competitive market in 2024.

Mayor Donna Deegan's plan to spend $25 million on a variety of issues that came up during transition meetings with the public. Deegan is proposing using federal funds left over from COVID-19 and other city money to pay for programs ranging from housing, public safety, recreation and more.

St. Johns County officials launched a new rental assistance program to help low-income renters catch up on past-due rent and utilities.

A brand-new affordable housing apartment complex opened in St. Augustine Wednesday morning.

Limited supply and a strong demand are contributing to a major price surge for homes in Florida. A new report from Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University shows home prices in the Jacksonville area are overvalued by almost 40%.

With rents in Jacksonville in some places over $3,000 a month, affordable housing is a dream for over 100,000 people in the city.

Some of the biggest employers in St. Johns County, like Northrop Grumman and Flagler Health, say they are struggling to find workers because of the lack of affordable housing.

The I-TEAM found more than 9,600 houses across Duval County are owned by such investors — their real estate investments generate wealth for clients, rather than local families.

State legislatures are making a push to bring more affordable housing to the booming Florida market.

Safe to say, a lot of people really buckled down when it came to cleaning over the past couple years, given the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local realtors are responding to what a study conducted by a national research team called “alarming signs” that could show a housing crisis is in the future for cities in the Sunshine State.

An area real estate agent says new home prices are dropping.

Data shows evictions in Jacksonville are up.

A rising freshman at UNF and his mom say he is still on the waitlist for dorm housing just a week out from the start of classes.

Mortgage demand is at its lowest level in decades. Demand is about half of what it was a year ago.

St. Johns County is one of 26 across the nation to make a personal finance website’s report of single-family homes that have been deemed unaffordable to those making the area’s median income.

Living in the Sunshine State is going to cost you.

News4Jax wanted to dig deeper into the topic of real estate to help you with tricks and hints – whether you’re looking to buy or sell a home.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has new insight into why the price of rent is skyrocketing.

According to real estate brokerage firm Redfin, the Jacksonville metro area had the ninth fastest-rising rent in the country, ahead of Florida cities like Orlando and Tampa.

Episode 2 of “Solutionaries” tackles the lack of affordable housing across America and highlights the people and organizations who are working to solve the crisis.

When you hear the term “affordable housing,” what do you think of?

We’ve all heard about it by now: Houses are selling like crazy (and they have been for quite some time), interest rates have been at all-time lows, and it seems like everywhere you turn, you learn of another wild real estate story.

There’s often no place like home, although that sentiment can sometimes fade when a house starts to rack up energy bills and breaks down in places over the course of time.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The temporary shelter that opened for people moved from a homeless camp along Union Street on Monday will be open for 27 more days. The Temporary Bridge Shelter, being managed by Changing Homelessness and the City Rescue Mission, was donated by Jacksonville real estate company JWB. The city said its goal is to bring an “end to homelessness,” but there is concern a new homeless camp could spring up when this facility closes early next month. While the Temporary Bridge Shelter is open for a total of 30 days, there have already been individuals that have been placed in a variety of housing solutions that meet their particular needs. Despite the homeless camp that grew downtown early this year, the Jacksonville officials say homelessness has been decreasing in city.

During a time in which some people are being furloughed or have lost their jobs altogether, the reality of foreclosure can become a scary thing.