BY HENRY CISNEROS, MEL MARTINEZ AND JANET MURGU�A WWW.BIPARTISANPOLICY.ORG/HOUSING The housing crisis hit Hispanic families particularly hard. Yet it is the Hispanic community that is poised to drive growth in the housing market in future decades. The goal of owning a home is deeply rooted within Hispanic culture. For many, owning a home is a…
Civil rights groups, fearing another devastating loss in court, hope for a settlement in a Mount Holly, N.J., housing dispute WASHINGTON – Fresh from race-related rulings this summer on voting rights and affirmative action, the Supreme Court now faces another landmark civil rights case that could make it tougher for minorities to prove housing discrimination.…
WASHINGTON – In a sign that the housing recovery may be strengthening, Americans bought new homes in June at the fastest pace in five years – and Latinos continue to play a pivotal role in today’s housing market. Sales of newly built homes rose 8.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of…
Want to raise billions more taxes, energize the housing market and boost consumer spending? Just pass immigration reform, argues Gary Acosta, co-founder and CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). A study by the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank, projects that immigration reform would increase gross domestic product (GDP)…
Author William R. Alger once said that public opinion is a second conscience. That seems to be the case with public sentiment towards our nation’s immigration policy. A CNN poll shows 84 percent of Americans back a program that would allow undocumented workers to stay in the U.S. and apply for citizenship if they have…
Study finds more similarities between Caucasians, Hispanics and African Americans than differences when it comes to real estate Hispanic buyers are more optimistic, want bigger homes, and prefer city living when compared to Caucasians and African Americans, according to a recent survey by Better Home and Gardens Real Estate. The survey found that all three…
Buying a home has long been a way for immigrant groups to signal that they have “made it.” For Hispanic Americans, a mega-boom in homeownership is revving up. With U.S. Census data reporting that more than half of all infants born in the United States last year were minorities or multiracial, with whites having 1.1…