SACRAMENTO — A former state legislative leader says fellow Democrats in Sacramento have long ignored the housing needs of middle-class Californians. And he has a plan to help them buy a new home.

Levittown (Pennsylvania and New York) was a community concept I am old enough to remember. Thousands of homes, built in the 1950s for an emerging middle class, set the stage for a chicken — perhaps a ...

Do you earn enough to be considered "middle class" in Ohio? The socioeconomic tier is commonly defined by annual household income, and an August report from GoBankingRates revealed just how much ...

Not so long ago, being “middle class” in America came with a certain comfort. You could count on a steady job, a modest but cozy home, a car that started every morning, and maybe even a family ...

The income needed to maintain middle-class status in the United States has risen—and Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states, according to calculations by SmartAsset. Reaching middle-class ...