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McIlwain: Block grants for foreclosed properties ‘may stop the sickness from spreading but not necessarily cure the cancer.’
Seattle’s Croft Place Townhomes effectively incorporate a high green standard into low-income rental housing.
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Governor Corzine pledges support for bill passed by state legislature, but has yet to sign it.
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Annual Joint Center report suggests slump is “worst in 50 years.”
More than 1,000 building industry professionals participate in 110 locations in 2008 Habitat for Humanity Builders Blitz.
A week of intense building produces 263 new Habitat for Humanity homes.
More than 1,000 building professionals pushing to stay on schedule to finish 263 houses in one week.
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Denver-based Yes Communities offers a way for owners to build up equity.
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After several years of seeing families priced out of the housing market by rapidly increasing prices, that trend began to reverse itself in 2007, according to the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) monthly housing affordability index released this morning.
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The Democratic leadership of New Jersey's State Assembly made public yesterday an ambitious plan designed to stimulate more affordable housing throughout the Garden State, where this issue has been a hot potato for three decades.
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Commissioners in Miami-Dade County, Fla., have temporarily halted building permits for trailer park conversions in an effort to preserve the area's dwindling supply of affordable housing. The stopgap measure, which went into effect on Oct. 16, buys time for the county to compile recommendations on...
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The Democrats may be headed for another showdown with President Bush as the House passed the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act Wednesday by a commanding 264 to 148 vote, a measure the administration was on record threatening to veto earlier this week.
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The Democrats may be headed for another showdown with President Bush as the House passed the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act Wednesday by a commanding 264 to 148 vote, a measure the administration was on record threatening to veto earlier this week.
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A 31-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Dallas last week charges 16 people in a kickback and bribery scandal involving affordable housing contracts. Among those charged was a prominent state lawmaker, a pair of Dallas city councilmen, a city planner, and four real estate...
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Street names such as Four Tops Drive and Miracles Boulevard were only appropriate when this 47-acre Detroit neighborhood got its groove back. After half a century as an isolated ghetto with little to no connection to surrounding neighborhoods, this prime turf near the city's mid-town district is...
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This mixed-use project provides affordable housing for seniors in a new neighborhood adjacent to San Francisco's South of Market area. It is the first building in the country to allot a specific percentage of the residential units for seniors living with AIDS, says architect Tom Brutting. The...
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Until recently, migrant and resident farm workers in Pajaro, Calif., had no choice but to live in sub-standard, one-story units that often flooded. While many residents were temporarily housed in trailers, KTGY Group and South County Housing replaced the deficient housing stock with 63 two-story...
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Built in 1942 as temporary housing for shipyard workers during World War II, the homes in Tacoma's Salishan neighborhood were intended to have a 10-year life-span at best. After the war, however, the city converted the houses to rental units for low-income families, and they remained in use for...
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The old affordable-housing model is being thrown out as thoughtfully designed homes for low-income families are fast replacing the drab, concrete boxes of the 1960s and 1970s. Douglass Square reflects that shift.
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The median home price in Morgan Hill, Calif., is $750,000, far out of reach of service workers such as teachers and police officers. To mitigate the area's workforce housing shortage, architect KTGY Group teamed up with South County Housing to give families earning below the area median income of...