A recent joint letter to Congress spells out further relief measures to shore up the beleaguered rental housing marketplace. The goal, says IREM's Dawn Carpenter, CPM, "is to keep people in their apartments."

California already has some of the strictest construction regulations in the country. During the pandemic, they have gotten worse.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. economy had its worst performance in the second quarter in its history -- but it was in line with experts' predictions.