Rental market

Former Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman says suburban areas need to take down barriers to affordable housing. He calls the average rental rate in Columbus unacceptable.

A community-led fair housing group in Columbus is advocating for rent control in the city as rates continue to rise at an alarming pace.

The U.S. rental market has increasingly turned to software programs to run background checks on prospective renters, and, in the process, ballooned into a…

Federal housing officials are trying to make it harder for landlords to deny potential renters because of their criminal history. Last week, the…