To keep U.S. housing moving in a positive direction during the second half of 2016 and beyond, Chicago Agent Magazine cites six obstacles to overcome.

Citing a U.S. housing report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, those challenges include: rising costs; cost-burdened renters; high percentage of cost-burdened homeowners; complications from cost burdens, such as less income for other expenses; shortage of affordable housing; and concentrated poverty. Find out more.

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