New York Will See Its First Prefabricated ‘Micro-Apartments’ This Year
This article originally appeared on ArchDaily. by Patricia Arcilla With floor areas clocking in at as little as 260 square feet, My Micro NY housing units by nARCHITECTS are the…
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California Convicts Are Out of Prison After Third Strike, and Staying Out
LOS ANGELES — William Taylor III, once a lifer in state prison for two robbery convictions and the intent to sell a small packet of heroin, was savoring a moment…
Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun
A street sign for Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google’s growth has brought the city loads of tax dollars and a 3.3 percent unemployment rate, but also skyrocketing home…
Inmates in Texas being relocated after disturbance
The inmates were put on lockdown but some broke out of their housing units, MTC said. About 2,000 prisoners went into the recreation area, though none breached the outer fences,…
How to buy a home when you can’t afford it
Boyd went from debtor to homeowner in just three yearsfrom 2009 to 2012– thanks to an innovative homeownership plan called the shared-equity program. It works like this: Champlain Housing Trust…
Activist Who Fought Housing Discrimination Is Now Homeless, And The Internet Is Here To Help
A woman who fought tirelessly to ensure everyone has equal access to housing now has nowhere to call home. Dorothy “Dottie” Mulkey’s house was filled with donations to charitable organizations…
$20,000 Homes Created By Students Could Help Fix Rural America’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Students at Auburn University may be turning their home-building expertise into real-world housing market solutions. Since 1993, the university’s Rural Studio Design Workshop has allowed students to ditch the comforts…
This Supreme Court Decision Could Encourage One Of The Worst Forms Of Racism
For the larger part of the 20th century, housing discrimination in the United States was overt and unambiguous. Racial segregation was largely the norm, and those who worked to preserve…
Is ending segregation key to ending poverty?
Despite the strategy’s success in Chicago, nationally there are few programs today that focus on helping African American families move from racially segregated, high-poverty neighborhoods to areas where their children…
Paris Aims to Embrace Its Estranged Suburbs
GRIGNY, France — Paris is about to get bigger, much bigger. Next year, assuming plans move ahead, the city and a ring of inner suburbs will be joined, in an…
NYPD Officer Indicted In Death Of Akai Gurley, According To Reports
A New York City police officer has been indicted in the shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, law enforcement sources told both NY1 and The New York Daily News on…
Dorms Help Give Two-Year Colleges A Four-Year Feel
This article comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report, where it was originally published. Dorm living is a rite of passage for students at most four-year colleges. But community…
President Obama’s Record Budget Proposal Provides Homes For 67,000 At-Risk Families
President Barack Obama impressed the need to make “smart investments that strengthen America” when he introduced his record $4 trillion budget plan for fiscal year 2016 on Monday, which includes…
Israel Takes New Step to Expand West Bank Housing
JERUSALEM — Israel on Friday published bids for the construction of 450 new housing units in West Bank settlements, a move denounced by the Palestinians and by Israeli critics who…
$50 Million Lawsuit Planned In N.Y. Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Akai Gurley
(Reuters) – The girlfriend of an unarmed black man shot dead by a police officer in a housing project’s dark stairwell notified New York City on Thursday that she plans…
Hawaii Rents Up More Than 10 Percent Since 2012
www.civilbeat.com: The cost of renting a home in Hawaii has jumped at least 10 percent over the past two years, according to a new study. And given the lack of construction…
How 2014’s Huge Market Moves Are Affecting the Economy in 2015
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 27, 2015 Neil Irwin – The same forces that led to a rising dollar in recent months have meant lower long-term…
Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac May Help End Homelessness In America
Two organizations synonymous with the 2008 financial crisis could play vital roles in helping America’s most vulnerable residents get off the streets. ThinkProgress reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
If there’s such a thing as the perfect house for a divorce, this is it
How much easier would it be if you could just break up your home into two separate units, and move them away from each other? This is just one of…
States Fear The Supreme Court Will Eliminate This Key Anti-Discrimination Tool
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state…
Hong Kong’s sky slums highlight wealth gap
Fung, 59, who prefers not to divulge his full name, lives in an illegal rooftop sluma 75-square-feet shack just big enough to host a bed, a cupboard, and everyday knick-knacks…