• Proposed Housing Ordinances Aim to Address Affordable, Quality Housing In City

    Proposed housing ordinances aim to address affordable and quality housing in the city of Jamestown. Jamestown Deputy Director of Housing Policy & Development Kasie Foulk said in a presentation to City Council that the city’s housing is affordable but “no one wants to live in them,” “A big majority of our problems stem from landlords […]

  • City of Albuquerque looks to redevelop hotel or office space into affordable housing

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is looking for developers interested in upgrading their hotel or office property into affordable housing along the Central Ave. corridor. As part of the redevelopment project, the city announced $4 million worth of funding for the special conversions. The funding will only be for new projects on Central []

  • SC Housing launches website for affordable housing

    People in South Carolina looking for affordable housing can now do so with the click of a button.

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    The house of the future will be recyclable: Introducing the first affordable, bio-based 3D-printed house

    Reasons to Be Cheerful takes a closer look behind an enormous 3D printer turning natural materials into sustainable, carbon-sequestering homes.

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    Safest and most affordable cities in the US

    MoneyGeek analyzed cost data from the Census Bureau's one-year American Community Survey and MIT's Living Wage Calculator, focusing on the top cities from our safest small and mid-to-large city studies.

  • Scranton faces affordable housing crisis

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The affordable housing crisis is hitting families across the country, including here in northeastern Pennsylvania. The City of Scranton is focusing on creating housing for seniors and families. Those talks are a part of the city's unsheltered task force that's made up of multiple agencies. "We have a housing crisis, []

  • The most affordable places to buy a house in the West Midlands

    The most affordable and most expensive parts of the Coventry and Warwickshire area to buy a house has been confirmed

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    Council Members on 'Community-Controlled' Affordable Housing

    NYC Council Members Carmen De La Rosa (District 10, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill), chair of the council's labor committee, and Pierina Ana Sanchez (District 14, University Heights South-Morris Heights, Mount Hope, Fordham Heights, University Heights North-Fordham, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge-Marble Hill), chair of the council's housing committee, share details of their campaign for a capital investment that would direct more money toward...

  • What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

    Dozens of framed photographs and paintings on the walls in Gabrielle’s cozy one-bedroom apartment in Boyle Heights showcase her artistry and cherished memories from trips to New Zealand and Europe. Her favorite is a black and white portrait of a miner in New Zealand panning for gold. Gabrielle (who is

  • Jamestown City Council To Vote On Two Housing Ordinances

    Jamestown City Council will consider two housing ordinances at their monthly voting session tonight. The proposed vacant property registration ordinance would require the owners to register the property for a fee of $250. The fee would go toward the administrative costs of registering the building and the costs for the city to monitor the vacant […]

  • London Still Awaits Olympic's Promised 'Affordable' Housing

    More than a decade after London hosted the Olympic Games, cranes are still everywhere in and around the Olympic Park in Stratford, where an array of buildings are under construction.But most of the "affordable" housing for the east London area, which like much of the British capital has seen gentrification in recent years, is still to be delivered.The 2012 Summer Games -- widely seen as a roaring success -- were held primarily at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Newham, one of the city's...

  • Work underway on new affordable housing development in Northampton

    Colleagues from housing association Futures Housing Group and construction company United Living Group, joined together to visit the start of works on a new affordable home development in Northampton. The site will be home to 38 properties, made up of 20 social rent and 18 shared ownership ones on Central Avenue in Northampton, and will include one bed flats and two and three bed homes. Councillor John Shephard, Chairman of West Northamptonshire Council said: “It was fascinating to go onto a...