One of the plans agreed to at the Housing Summit in Nieuwegein is to build seven “flexible districts” - residential areas consisting entirely of moveable, prefabricated homes, RTL Nieuws reports. All sides agree that construction needs to ramp up rapidly in the coming years, and in more municipalities, to hit the government's target of 100,000 new homes annually, the Cabinet …
Economists are pushing back on claims from Sen. J.D. Former President Donald Trump's running mate positioned his ticket's anti-migrant posture at the vice presidential debate as a policy to protect the cost of living for the middle class, saying migrants threatened housing affordability. Vance's claim, wrote Rachel Siegel, "has been debunked by economists and housing experts, who say that other …
What can we do with Australia's property market, with soaring prices and rental shortages in many regional areas of Australia, from WA's Pilbara to Hobart in Tasmania? Key points: Experts warn housing inequality and intergenerational poverty is increasing in Australia They say urgent action is needed to mitigate the COVID-led crisis in housing There are calls for a national housing …
Trump administration officials visited Los Angeles on Tuesday to size up homelessness in the city. “His freaking administration is actually causing homelessness,” L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin said in a statement, citing the cuts made under Trump to healthcare and growing income inequality. Steve Icenogle, an Air Force veteran who said he’s been homeless since 2002, uttered something unprintable when …
Beverly Grove homeowner Rochelle D. Ventura, in front of her backyard art studio. “These bills enhance homeowners’ ability to provide needed housing,” Garcetti and Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo wrote in a letter supporting measures from Assemblyman Richard Bloom and Sen. Bob Wieckowski. SIGN UP for the free California Inc. business newsletter » Together, the Bloom and Wieckowski bills …