Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city
Along the concrete bed of the San Gabriel River in southeastern Los Angeles, Sean Diaz recalled one of his worst nights in his many years…
Rent control battle in California heats up, opposing investors pump money | Housing
Reyna Aguilar was working as a chef in a restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission neighbourhood when the COVID pandemic struck. The restaurant shut within months,…
Canada to reduce new immigration by 21 percent | Migration News
Canada has announced it will slash immigration for the first time in years, a major policy shift for the government as it tries to remain…
Workers turn to van life amid Eastern Sierra housing crunch
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven years living and working in the Sierra resort town…
Labor, religious leaders disagree over a key element of an affordable housing policy
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, with help from David Zahniser, bringing you the…
With Prop. 33, voters could remove state limits on rent control
Seeking to wield the power of government to keep rents low amid an affordability crisis, San Francisco officials last week passed a measure to dramatically…
Choosing to be child-free in an ‘apocalyptic’ South Asia | Demographics
Zuha Siddiqui is currently designing her new house in Karachi, creating a blueprint for her future life in Pakistan’s largest metropolis. Her parents will live…
Five takeaways from the testy U.S. Senate debate between Schiff and Garvey
The only head-to-head debate in California’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Rep. Adam B. Schiff and former Dodger Steve Garvey was dominated Tuesday by contentious…
Tax housing more to level investment playing-field
Breadcrumb Trail LinksFP CommentDoing so would make homes more affordable and help solve Canada’s productivity problemsPublished Oct 04, 2024 • Last updated 6 minutes ago • …
Where Harris, Trump stand on housing: election voter guide
Trump, a real estate developer, has fewer specifics than his opponent in addressing housing affordability. Most significantly, he has tied his plan for mass deportations…
Vance and Walz used same words to describe issues differently
Walz hammered away on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and election denial. Vance struggled to respond, but turned “threat” around to accuse Harris of attempting…
Proposition 5: Who’s donating money for, against housing bonds
Proposition 5 would lower the vote threshold needed to pass local bond measures for affordable housing, transportation, parks and other infrastructure. Supporters contend that changing…
Zombie Construction Sites Are Making German Housing Woes Worse
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessValeriy Shevchenko was getting ready to move into a new three-room apartment in Berlin’s upscale Prenzlauer Berg district before disaster struck. More…
Generation rent: How youth are battling the global housing crisis | Housing
We dive into the global housing crisis and explore how young people are finding creative ways to build community.As housing prices soar globally, more people…
B.C. helps finance First Nations-led housing development in Vancouver
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsAuthor of the article:Postmedia NewsTiffany CrawfordPublished Sep 19, 2024 • Last updated 11 minutes ago • 3 minute read You can save this article…
Column: By MacArthur Park, the lights are out and residents are tired of empty promises
Andrew Wolff stood in darkness, looking down Alvarado Street and conducting a visual inventory of broken streetlights on the eastern border of MacArthur Park.“There are…
Online RESCON summit will tackle issues causing housing supply crisis
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Anthem Launches First Canadian Real Estate Development Trust IPO to Expedite Housing Availability in Metro Vancouver
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‘Shameful’: Newsom decries Elk Grove’s opposition to homeless housing
A Northern California city has agreed to plan for more low-income housing and pay the state’s legal fees to settle a fair housing lawsuit, Gov.…
‘Decades of failure’: Who has UK’s Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blamed? | Construction News
The Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people in June 2017, was the result of “an unedifying merry-go-round of buck passing” and “systematic dishonesty and…