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@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2026-07-27 12:06:37

July 27, 2026 headline from 730DC (#NationalGuard #housing

SCREENSHOT: SEVEN:THIRTY - Wake to Washington. [reply to this to tell us how many people you know who've had ~food poisoning~ recently (for this editor: 5)] WHAT TO KNOW They don't even go here... Thousands of National Guard troops will move from hotels into longer-term housing. The price tag? $292M—reportedly cheaper than the alternative, but we gotta ask: Who would be living in these apartments otherwise?! To put this in perspective, last year DC spent around $100M to build and preserve a…
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-06 06:46:16
Content warning: CW: auspol, qldpol, mansion tax.

Ice-cold take: a tenant who can afford Bulimba’s median $1225/week house rent isn’t in #housing distress, let alone one who can afford the median $2.3 million purchase price.
How about building dwellings for people genuinely priced out of adequate housing? Why not actually address #WealthInequality

ABC News (@ABC@c.im)
#ABC #Australia #News Could a 'mansion tax' help the housing crisis? https://w.st/UKAg8

@joe@toot.works
2026-06-01 13:39:56

Hopefully the North Shore gets more of these developments. I walk past that building often and it looks good.
"The goal is to create more opportunities for families to live where they choose. The Hampton has already proven a highly sought-after housing option. Spoerl said the project quickly received more than 350 applications."
#Milwaukee #WhitefishBay #Housing

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-07-12 20:57:45

This is an excellent system we've got here.
#HousingCrisis

residential conversion at 235 East 42nd St.: Would renters pay to move in to a building that almost collapsed during the renovation? “This project will definitely have a stigma,” said Ross Spivak, CEO of the firm RES Consulting NY. “You’re talking [about] a significant structural failure.” Other brokers disagreed, arguing that that city's housing supply is so tight that desperate tenants won't be deterred.