Guest column: Solutions to homeownership challenges critical to city’s well-being
Realtor.com ranks Memphis as the city where first-time homebuyers are most likely to be bidding against outside investors for houses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
“The current circumstances are pricing nearly all low-income Memphians, and an exponentially increasing number of middle-income Memphians, out of the housing market entirely,” says Amy Schaftlein of United Housing Inc.
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