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Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Lowering the cost to build. Across the country, the shortage of affordable homes grew to 7.3 million last year, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.Over half of all renters pay more than 30% of their incomes to rent, according to Harvard’s 2024 report on the state of U.S. housing.. Meanwhile, costs to build housing have increased nearly 29% since 2020, according to the ...
Using Vacant Commercial Spaces As Affordable Artist Studios Is a …
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Since the pandemic, large swaths of office space across the United States have sat vacant. The downtown areas and other commercial centers that have enjoyed the built-in business that office workers bring have gone from bustling to bust.
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
WEBJun 30, 2020 · As the economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis play out in cities across the country, finding affordable housing is becoming even more exacerbated.. A recent study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) found that nearly 20.8 million renter households in the U.S. — or 47.5 percent of renters — are “cost-burdened,” meaning that they spend more than 30 ...
Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States—more than 40 percent—could be owned by corporate investors. According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) the estimate of 1.6 million housing units ...
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
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Housing in Brief: What is Social Housing? - Next City
WEBFeb 21, 2020 · The Housing and Community Development department is taking a new approach to deciding which projects to support in their applications for federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits with the goal of spreading new affordable housing more evenly across the city, the Houston Chronicle reports.Low Income Housing Tax Credits are administered by the state, but projects seeking the credits often need ...
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Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 - Next City
WEBJul 20, 2020 · EDITOR’S NOTE: Please join Next City for a related webinar on Wednesday, July 22, “ How to Lower the Voting Age to 16,” with guest Brandon Klugman, Vote16USA Campaign Manager at Generation Citizen.The webinar is pay what you wish to register. Memo to the U.S. Electorate: Ready or not, it’s time to make room.
10 Great Novels Every Urbanist Should Read - Next City
WEBDec 1, 2014 · In 14 stories set in the capital city, the author of The Known World looks beyond the glad-handing political circles, polished bureaucrats and the sophisticated tourism circuit. Instead, he zeroes in on the African-American experience in Northeast and Northwest, moving street by street through a little-seen D.C.