Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.

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Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance has been distributed, the Treasury Department said, the latest sign the program is struggling to reach the millions of tenants at risk of eviction.

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Airbnb wants Baltimore to consider a "lighter touch" as its lawmakers debate regulating the short-term rental market.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has voted to send a measure aiming to address rental housing discrimination back to committee, likely ending its chances of passing this year. After debate that spanned three days, the Senate voted 23-22 to send ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America says it has begun a pilot program offering some of its mortgage customers who are facing foreclosure a chance to stay in their homes by becoming renters instead of owners. The “Mortgage to Lease” ...

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In advance of Hurricane Irene and what may turn into a need for emergency housing, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is encouraging property owners around the state to list their available rental units on www.mdhousingsearch.org, a bilingual ...

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WASHINGTON — A growing number of Americans can’t afford a home or don’t want to own one, a trend that’s spawning a generation of renters and a rise in apartment construction. Many of the new renters are former owners who ...

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Terence Pleasant had been renting a Washington Village rowhouse with a friend for six months when he received a letter from a bank’s lawyer in December 2009. The house he lived in was being foreclosed, and Pleasant was told he ...

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