The issue of the housing crisis has stayed largely on the backburner in the 2012 campaign cycle, but that's likely to change this week as candidates take to Florida, one of the states hit hardest by the housing bubble.

It should be easier for people to build their own homes in England to help ease the housing crisis, says a report by a cross-party committee of MPs.

President Obama today unveiled his administration's latest plan to tackle the housing crisis, announcing new mortgage relief for U.S. military personnel and homeowners with government-insured loans at his first news conference of the year. Obama told reporters at his 19th solo White House news conference that he is not satisfied to "sit by and wait while the housing market hits bottom," casting himself as a president in charge of the recovery.