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    They have jobs, but no homes. Inside America’s unseen homelessness crisis.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/28/homeless-lack-of-affordable-housing-economy/ They have jobs, but no homes. Inside America’s unseen homelessness crisis. Homelessness, already at a record high last year, appears to be worsening among people with jobs. Deborah Bower trims a...
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    Staring down the wrecking ball, these Brooklyn grandmothers won’t be moved

    https://www.whatimreading.net/p/brookyln-landlord-deregulate-demolition-tenants Staring down the wrecking ball, these Brooklyn grandmothers won’t be moved A Crown Heights building in limbo could inspire more landlords to deregulate through demolition—or more tenants to fight to stay in their...
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    Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/25/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detection View image in fullscreen San Jose’s foray into automated surveillance of homelessness is the first of its kind in the country, experts say. Illustration: Guardian Design Artificial intelligence (AI)...
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    Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

    https://macleans.ca/society/sen%cc%93a%e1%b8%b5w-vancouver/ Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous In B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think Michelle Cyca March 11, 2024 The...
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    Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

    https://macleans.ca/society/sen%cc%93a%e1%b8%b5w-vancouver/ Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous In B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think Michelle CycaMarch 11, 2024 The...
  6. DrBanneker

    The top fastest growing middle/upper middle class Black areas

    So last October I did a thread on the highest income majority Black counties: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/top-10-highest-income-majority-near-majority-black-counties.998764/ There weren't too many surprises there though the ranks have changed some over the years. There are a lot of...
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    Anti-housing NYC pol Linda Rosenthal pays just $1,573 for palatial, 5-room rent-stabilized apartment

    https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/us-news/linda-rosenthal-paying-just-1573-for-five-room-rent-stabilized-apartment/ US NEWS EXCLUSIVE Anti-housing NYC pol Linda Rosenthal pays just $1,573 for palatial, 5-room rent-stabilized apartment By Social Links for Jon Levine Published Feb. 17, 2024, 10:49...
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    City Council in Boulder, one of Colorado's least affordable cities, votes to remove cap on residential growth

    https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/boulder-remove-residential-growth-cap-city-council-vote-housing-affordable-colorado/ City Council in Boulder, one of Colorado's least affordable cities, votes to remove cap on residential growth By Ashley Portillo January 19, 2024 / 10:12 AM MST / CBS...
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    Tenants and Economists Are Pushing to Regulate Rent for a Vast Amount of U.S. Housing

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3kdw/tenants-and-economists-are-pushing-to-regulate-rent-for-a-vast-amount-of-us-housing Tenants and Economists Are Pushing to Regulate Rent for a Vast Amount of U.S. Housing A growing movement is pressuring the government to regulate rents on buildings where...
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    Getting Rid of Gas Stoves Could Lead to Mass Renovictions, Advocates Say

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj7wq/getting-rid-of-gas-stoves-could-lead-to-mass-renovictions-advocates-say Getting Rid of Gas Stoves Could Lead to Mass Renovictions, Advocates Say Decarbonizing California's housing stock could have some serious unintended consequences for renters. RA By...
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    Welcome to Hochatown, the Town Created by Airbnb

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/travel/airbnb-rural-boom-bust.html Before the pandemic, Hochatown, Okla., had roughly 400 cabins for rent. There are now more than 2,400.Credit...Shelby Tauber for The New York Times Welcome to Hochatown, the Town Created by Airbnb In a rural corner of...
  12. BobbyWojak

    Gen Z brehs, could you live in this 525 sq/ft one bedroom home?

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    In Detroit, a Tiny Home Generates a Big Controversy

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/realestate/tiny-homes-detroit.html In Detroit, a Tiny Home Generates a Big Controversy A program that rents homes to low-income residents, and helps them build equity as homeowners, was rocked when one of the initial participants was evicted. The tiny...
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    A B.C. study gave 50 homeless people $7,500 each. Here's what they spent it on.

    https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave-50-homeless-people-7-500-each-here-s-what-they-spent-it-on-1.6540030 A B.C. study gave 50 homeless people $7,500 each. Here's what they spent it on. Lisa Steacy CTVNewsVancouver.ca Reporter Updated Aug. 30, 2023 10:54 p.m. EDT Published Aug. 29, 2023...
  15. FAH1223

    Germany’s ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) plans to curb rent increases

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    Gen Z Can’t Afford the Rent

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/10/realestate/gen-z-rent-homeowner.html "Gen Z-ers have been elected to Congress. They have upset big dairy. They refuse to believe that it's too late to curb the effects of climate change with the refrain, "OK Doomer," a play on "OK Boomer." But...
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    The Anti-California : How Montana performed a housing miracle

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...
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    The Anti-California : How Montana performed a housing miracle

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...
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    U.S. Building More Apartments Than It Has In Decades, But Not For the Poor: Report

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3aj/us-building-more-apartments-than-it-has-in-decades-but-not-for-the-poor-report They're not regular estate agents, they're cool estate agents. LP By Laura Pitcher April 24, 2023, 3:45am IMAGE: STEVE PROEHL VIA GETTY IMAGES The U.S. is building more...
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    U.S. Building More Apartments Than It Has In Decades, But Not For the Poor: Report

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3aj/us-building-more-apartments-than-it-has-in-decades-but-not-for-the-poor-report They're not regular estate agents, they're cool estate agents. LP By Laura Pitcher April 24, 2023, 3:45am IMAGE: STEVE PROEHL VIA GETTY IMAGES The U.S. is building more...
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