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How “Higher for Longer” Impacts the Housing Market
#RealEstate #Mortgage #FirstAmerican

the owner of the infamous 469 stevenson parking lot — who won approval to build housing in May 2023 — is now seeking permission to operate it as a parking lot for five more years instead. #sfpol

For anyone curious why Lily Cheng is opposed to 14 rental units.. apparently it’s the big big traffic for 14 units in front of a school.
She gets so insulted when people call her NIMBY and yet, she keeps opposing new housing. Even 4 stories.
#Willowdale #topoli

Given the e-mails I receive, I'm not sure Governor Moore's advice has been heard yet. (& I am very glad to hear what he says - I don't feel the #Democrats understand how poorly they connect with most voters.

Given the e-mails I receive, I'm not sure Governor Moore's advice has been heard yet. (& I am very glad to hear what he says - I don't feel the #Democrats understand how poorly they connect with most voters.

📈 State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag
#ny

State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag
Hochul gives mayor wins on housing and migrant aid, while skipping school funding and Medicaid reforms that would have helped curb coming deficits.

A very worthwhile read. Canadians are addicted to seeing housing as an investment. Changing those expectations will open up other ways to solve the housing crisis.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Affordability

UK housing shortages - good explanation
Excellent article in the FT from @… about the UK's housing problems. (Seems to be unpaywalled on this link at present.)
"When people picture homelessness, they tend to imagine people sleeping rough on the street... Wrong. The main form of homelessness is people living in temporary accommodation...
"... the inability to afford rent is by far the fastest growing source of new homelessness in England."
#UK #housing

#Canada's federal government wants to make #housing more affordable. Good!
They also want to fight #inflation. Great!
At the same time, they want to increase the

PBP Galway in The Advertiser today highlighting:
● the role played by Airbnb in worsening Galway's housing crisis
● the City Council's failure to enforce the existing regulations
● Airbnb's complicity in Israeli apartheid
● the problems with the HAP system
● And ultimately the need to build public housing on a mass scale.
We need City Councillors who'll fight to regulate Airbnb to stop the hollowing out of our city, and to build public homes on public land.
#GalwayCityCentral #LE24 #Galway

Yes, very Christ-like of them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/nsw-sydney-private-schools-demolishing-property-housing-crisis/103692350

Sydney private schools defend demolishing houses and units to expand amid the city's housing crisis
Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham is one of a few Sydney private schools demolishing residential property to add new facilities, but questions have been raised about whether the expansion plans are appropriate during a housing crisis.

📈 State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag
#ny

State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag
Hochul gives mayor wins on housing and migrant aid, while skipping school funding and Medicaid reforms that would have helped curb coming deficits.

What Happens to Housing Costs after a Hurricane?
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

First act for the new vacuum cleaner: pimp with the 3D-Printer #3Dprint #3Dprinting #3Ddruck
Model:

"I really hate the word 'social' housing" says Annalie Riches
"I think of it just as housing. I wouldn't design it any differently whether it was private – to me, it's housing."
#architecture #dezeen

Super impulsive: a family member just impulse bought an apartment. Or signed on for it. Now all they need to do is to sell the old one... in a crashing housing market. Yay #ADHD (fucking shit!)

Shocking (not really) news: Ontario's Conservative government lied about its reasons for overriding an independent body's regulations to protect a business a senior staff member is tied to, thereby increasing housing costs during a housing availability crisis and prolonging methane production during the #climateCrisis.

🏘️ Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table
#activism

Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table
San Francisco’s groundbreaking Union at Home legislation encourages tenants to organize in their buildings the way employees organize at work. Housing activists in Berkeley are hoping their city will follow suit — but landlords are pushing back.

An unsparing report on Massachusetts' administration of public housing, from #ProPublica and #WBUR. More than 180,000 people are on the wait list, while more than 2,000 apartments sit empty.
The fact that the wait list for public housing is so large is also a reminder that many people have no we…

Massachusetts’ Highly-Touted Push to “Significantly Reduce” Affordable Housing Vacancies Barely Made a Dent
After a 2023 WBUR and ProPublica investigation found that 2,300 state-funded apartments were sitting empty, the state promised action within 90 days. But it failed to fix key problems, leaving many families still waiting for a home.

This Youtube from Liberal Minister of Housing Sean Fraser about how Pierre Poillievre (a former Housing Minister himself) “doesn't care” is long, with lots of facts, but good.
And the tag line: “Pierre Doesn't Care" is gold that the Liberals should hammer away at for the next 2 years. Not only because it rhymes, but because it's true.
#CanPoli

Really shocking - UK is far and away the world's worst on #homelessness
John Burn-Murdoch in the Financial Times
"When people picture homelessness, they tend to imagine people sleeping rough on the street, tipped into insecurity by substance use problems. Viewed this way, one might imagine the US would rank highest in any international comparison ...

Advancing Pennsylvania’s Housing Futures: Sealing Eviction Records for Housing Stability and Economic Prosperity
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

PBP Galway in The Advertiser today highlighting:
● the role played by Airbnb in worsening Galway's housing crisis
● the City Council's failure to enforce the existing regulations
● Airbnb's complicity in Israeli apartheid
● the problems with the HAP system
● And ultimately the need to build public housing on a mass scale.
We need City Councillors who'll fight to regulate Airbnb to stop the hollowing out of our city, and to build public homes on public land.
#GalwayCityCentral #LE24 #Galway

🏘️ Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table
#activism

Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table
San Francisco’s groundbreaking Union at Home legislation encourages tenants to organize in their buildings the way employees organize at work. Housing activists in Berkeley are hoping their city will follow suit — but landlords are pushing back.

🏘️ ‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/hempcrete-indigenous-tribe-minnesota

The Great Housing Disaster
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods…

The Great Housing Disaster | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: The Great Housing Disaster Host: Ange McCormack Category: News & Current Affairs Sub-Category: Finance & Investing, News Commentary, Politics First Episode: 2024 Ange McCormack delves into…

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation ( #JHF ) in #Pittsburgh approved over $1M in grants September 13, including funds to:
🔹develop the Initiative for Patient Safety Research at Carnegie Mellon University;
🔹establish the Women's Reproductive Health Emergency Grant Fund;
🔹develop a campaign to advance heal…

Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves over $1M in Grants, Including Patient Safety Research at Carnegie Mellon; Women's Reproductive Health Emergency Grant Fund; and Oakland's LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing Community
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved over $1M in grants September 13, including funds to develop the Initiative for Patient Safety Research at Carnegie Mellon University; to establish the Women's Reproductive Health Eme...

"Progressive mayoral candidate pledges to invest in social housing, pedestrianize 10 downtown and commercial streets" - an #SFPol specific #HeadlineFromABetterTimeline

I sure hope that he knows that this is utter bullshit. I mean, his entire government must realize that they are failing at education, environment, seniors, autism support, healthcare, public transit, housing, and pretty much anything they touch. Otherwise, he's delusional and and things will get worse while they spend millions in advertising telling us that we all live in Ontopia...
#DougFordFailedOntario #onpoli
https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1778755155334226355?t=qf2b0KU7Z_odSs6FavTihg&s=19

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-niagara-escarpment-housing-beaver-valley-talisman-1.7189605?cmp=rss
uh. Why?
I grew up skiing at

Why opponents of a rural housing project believe it threatens the entire Niagara Escarpment  | CBC News
Opponents of a planned housing project in Ontario’s Beaver Valley are warning that the proposal opens the door to development across much of the protected Niagara Escarpment. 

🏘️ ‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/hempcrete-indigenous-tribe-minnesota

Please protect these YIGBY heroes, #ArlingtonVA https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/03/28/clarendon-presbyterian-church-seek…

My god
#homelessness

‘Street to home, same day’: LA’s master leasing program to tackle homelessness
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

1) This is great news; it's the first office building in #LdnOnt to be converted to residential.
2) I can only imagine the glee on so many people's faces that it's being done in the literal back yard of the city's most notorious owner of vacant buildings.

The #SpaceSyntax Lab seminar at the #BartlettSchoolOfArchitecture has three more exciting speakers lined up for May and June 2024, talking about urban regeneration, housing and spatial cultures.
Seminars are online on zoom, Thursdays at 4pm BST and open to all!
M…

Space Syntax Lab Seminars: Autumn 2023 - Summer 2024
This academic seminar series features researchers sharing their findings, discussing their ideas and showing work in progress from The Bartlett's internationally renowned Space Syntax Laboratory.

Advancing Housing Justice: An Urban Institute Summit
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

National polling in February found 🔸improving assessments about the economy🔸, yet 🔹worsening evaluations of Mr. Biden’s performance🔹.
More than 90 percent of respondents who rated the economy poor or fair had a negative view of the #housing ##market.
⭐️Mr. Biden has recently outlined proposals to lower the c…

Why It’s So Expensive to Live in Phoenix
Arizona is a presidential election battleground state, and a dire shortage of affordable housing there is sowing economic anxiety among voters.

Law and order to be a key focus at Fine Gael Ard Fheis
#crime gangs, how lenient our courts are on pretty much any crime, how little FF/FG have funded the Guarda over decades, and how much openly lawless (small) parts of Dublin are becoming.
#ireland

19000 single family homes for rent controlled by three corporate landlords according to an analysis by Taylor Shelton at Georgia State University.
#rent #housing #datascience

The era of the "Golden Visa" (obtaining residency by purchasing a home of sufficient value (€500,000)) has ended in Spain. It was introduced by the Conservative Popular Party in 2013.
Sanchez: "We are going to take the necessary measures to ensure that housing is a right and not a mere speculative business" #housing

ICYMI: This story and footage of a "sweep" is a difficult but important read. This is what Mayor London Breed likes to do to people with nowhere to go, while she cuts the City's affordable housing budget two years in a row. #sfPol
https://

Project 2025 contains extreme policy plans for Trump’s potential second term. If implemented the results will be horrifying.
Spread the word!
#BidenHarris4More

From Sightline
British Columbia Just Took First Place in Pro-Housing Policy
In just one month in 2023, the province legalized fourplexes, allowed apartment buildings up to 20 stories near all #transit stations, eliminated public hearings for plan-compliant buildings, ended parking requirements in transit-oriented districts, and announced that it is considering single-stair reform.

British Columbia Just Took First Place in Pro-Housing Policy
In just one month in 2023, the province legalized fourplexes, allowed apartment buildings up to 20 stories near all transit stations, eliminated public hearings for plan-compliant buildings, ended parking requirements in transit-oriented districts, and announced that it is considering single-stair reform.

For shits and giggles I checked out Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) yesterday, aka Mother-in-law Cottage, #GrannyFlat, detached secondary suite, etc. 55.742 m² of cube. Bathtub's not big enough to stretch out in. To think I could have landed in such a place...
#housing

Bellfoundry Estate, Loughborough, November 2023.
#photography #ukphotographer #loughborough #eastmidlands

My wife & I are considering downsizing so I'm getting reacquainted with the real estate market. Web surfing led me to this Property Price Index by City. It ranks cities worldwide by how many years it would take to buy a home (ratio of median housing prices to median disposable income). Vancouver is the most expensive at 16.5 years (#54 worldwide) and Toronto is 2nd at 13.9 (#86). The most affordable? Edmonton is 4 years.

Local Data for Local Action
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

National polling in February found 🔸improving assessments about the economy🔸, yet 🔹worsening evaluations of Mr. Biden’s performance🔹.
More than 90 percent of respondents who rated the economy poor or fair had a negative view of the #housing ##market.
⭐️Mr. Biden has recently outlined proposals to lower the c…

Why It’s So Expensive to Live in Phoenix
Arizona is a presidential election battleground state, and a dire shortage of affordable housing there is sowing economic anxiety among voters.

Radical Homecoming: Reclaiming Spaces, Identities, and Futures
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

#affordablehousing seems to be a problem in more than one country - and the faith that the "market" will provide seems to be a common factor.

#affordablehousing seems to be a problem in more than one country - and the faith that the "market" will provide seems to be a common factor.

Law and order to be a key focus at Fine Gael Ard Fheis
#crime gangs, how lenient our courts are on pretty much any crime, how little FF/FG have funded the Guarda over decades, and how much openly lawless (small) parts of Dublin are becoming.
#ireland

Q1 2024 Housing Affordability Update: The Rise and Fall of Pandemic Darlings
#RealEstate #MoodysCRE #MA_CRESolutions

Having so much fun with today's #FotoVorschlag (photography suggestion of the day, curated by @…), which is 'Wohnformen' (forms of housing).
So much combined photography geekery with

SF is a strong-mayor city. In fact we're exceptional among US cities for how much power we concentrate in the mayor's office. That power corrupts. Mayor Breed uses it to block social housing and Slow Streets; a car-brained mayor Farrell could use it to rip out bike lanes. The mayor should have less power not more. #SFPol

A report found that Galway city had 509 entire properties for short-term let, while there were only 40 to rent long-term on Daft.
The City Council needs to enforce the existing regulations. We need councillors who will fight for that.
Full story here: #GalwayCityCentral #LE24 #Galway #PeopleBeforeProfit #HousingCrisis

🏘️ Social Housing for New York Is on the Table
#ny

Social Housing for New York Is on the Table
Free-market housing policies will never generate mass affordable housing — which is why a new bill in New York sponsored by socialist legislators aims to make publicly owned social housing a reality.

Post-Katrina Housing Resilience in Greater New Orleans
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

#ShockedShockedToFind yet again
https://48hills.org/2024/02/sf-promised-a-lot-of-affordable-housing-but-communi…

SF promised a lot of affordable housing—but community leaders say it won't happen - 48 hills
New report has lots of 'creative' ideas, but there's nowhere near enough funding to meet the state mandated goals—and the Mayor's Office admits it.

#ShockedShockedToFind yet again
https://48hills.org/2024/02/sf-promised-a-lot-of-affordable-housing-but-communi…

SF promised a lot of affordable housing—but community leaders say it won't happen - 48 hills
New report has lots of 'creative' ideas, but there's nowhere near enough funding to meet the state mandated goals—and the Mayor's Office admits it.

The need to build housing bumps up against NIMBYism and growth concerns in my community. We're a rural area on the edge of Toronto so there's tremendous pressure to start paving farmland (HWY 413 will cut through the southern portion of Caledon) and increase the population. I worry about sprawl, because that's the majority of approved projects, and not creating walkable, livable towns with GO connections.
#Caledon #HousingCrisis
https://www.caledonenterprise.com/news/council/mzo-on-crack-caledon-residents-ask-mayor-to-slow-down-fast-tracked-housing-for-35/article_b81727a7-fed4-5459-a74d-885acc4d87b3.html

A report found that Galway city had 509 entire properties for short-term let, while there were only 40 to rent long-term on Daft.
The City Council needs to enforce the existing regulations. We need councillors who will fight for that.
Full story here: #GalwayCityCentral #LE24 #Galway #PeopleBeforeProfit #HousingCrisis

🏘️ Why Ireland’s housing bubble burst
#ireland

Why Ireland's housing bubble burst - Works in Progress
Ireland’s housing bubble and bust has become emblematic of what not to do in housing debates around the world. The only problem is nobody agrees what actually went wrong.

How Racism Affects American Neighborhoods
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Introducing Local Leaders to the Upward Mobility Framework
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

lots to unpack in this article about Mayor Breed downzoning the west side but:
"the city has until 2026 to complete a rezoning that would add capacity for 37,000 units of housing to San Francisco’s current pipeline, which has about 80,000 units approved. Most of the approved projects are on hold for economic reasons."
80k units approved but not profitable enough to build! zoning schmoning, we need social housing.

🏡 Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market
#housing

Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market
A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz

House bill aims to turn unused or underused government facilities into affordable housing
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

This Ford commercial on Twitter has high praise for strategies that are failing in practice: healthcare, housing, environment, education, etc.
But he fails to point out where his government excels - building wait lists. Need a family doctor, join a list. Need support for an autistic child, join 10s of thousands. Wait lists for surgery, complaining about landlord abuse, child care spots or public housing all have impressive growth rates.

Doug Ford (@fordnation) on X
We are so proud to represent the people of Ontario. No matter what part of the province you live in, what matters to you, matters to us. From small business to transit to building homes, your priorities are our priorities. Our team will never stop working for you.

🪧 Boston University graduate students strike over pay, healthcare, housing and other benefits
#strike

Boston University graduate students strike over pay, healthcare, housing and other benefits
Members of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) went on strike March 25, demanding a new contract guaranteeing pay increases, more health and dental care coverage, plus other benefits such as childcare, affordable housing, workload limits and aid for international graduate students.

The State of the Union and its Potential Ramifications on US Housing
#RealEstate #MoodysCRE #MA_CRESolutions

Biden has proposed ‘the boldest housing plan in a generation,’ his economic advisor says
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Spare a thought today for how fucked it is that Prop A the housing bond might get a 66% yes vote and *lose*. We shouldn’t have to vote on it at all! #RepealProp13

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Policy Agenda: A Conversation with Lael Brainard, National Economic Advisor
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Infant and Toddler Homelessness across the United States
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Rental Deserts, Zoning, And Segregation: Evidence From The 100 Largest Metro Areas
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Build-to-Rent Well-Positioned to Fill Housing Market Gap
#RealEstate #CRE #Multifamily #SFR #Arbor

Chicago’s novel idea for paying off affordable housing, development bond
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Can New Suburban Housing Make Urban Areas More Affordable?
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Increasing Affordable Housing Supply: A Primer of Strategies to Implement
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

What’s the Magnitude of the Housing Crisis? It Depends on Your Definition of ‘Affordable’
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Is Health Care Access Limited in the Suburbs?
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024
#RealEstate #CRE #Multifamily #SFR #Arbor

Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024
#RealEstate #CRE #Multifamily #SFR #Arbor

A unique zoning policy creates financial certainty, affordable housing developers say
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

HUD’s $4.8B green retrofit program announces first construction project deal
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Housing in Miami: A Bifurcated City
#RealEstate #MoodysCRE #MA_CRESolutions

How to ease the path to transit-oriented housing development
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Mergers between Lenders and Real Estate Agencies Could Be Good for the Mortgage Market
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

Federal affordable housing financing program gets extended
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

How tracking homelessness in real time, ‘by name’ can guide local action
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

How tracking homelessness in real time, ‘by name’ can guide local action
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Housing subsidy for community college students launches in Maryland county
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Demystifying Decarbonization
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

2024 National Conference on Ending Homelessness and Capitol Hill Day
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute