#affordable-housing

#affordable-housing

The definition of a perfect home varies from person to person-some need a modern space and enormous kitchen while others prioritize cozy lodgings with a lived-in feel. But while personal preference dictates so much of what makes a home great, there's one thing that can be universally agreed upon: a great price. That's where Amazon comes in. In recent years, the retailer began listing a slew of affordable tiny homes, all with unique features that make them great.

A major redevelopment which will see more than 2,500 homes built on a former gasworks site in west London has been approved. Kensal Canalside Opportunity Area will see 500 classed as affordable with 342 at social rent and 158 at an intermediate rate. Although below Kensington and Chelsea Council's 35.7% target, officers said it was the maximum viable level.

Yoo Capital (the same folk behind west London's Olympia) has submitted plans to Camden Council to build what is essentially going to be the UK's answer to Hollywood. In the £1 billion proposal, the real-estate investment firm wants to transform under-used industrial land in Kentish Town into a purpose-built district for film production, with homes, green spaces and education facilities.

A long-planned vision for Harlem became reality Wednesday with the opening of the Urban League Empowerment Center, a $242 million, 414,000-square-foot hub that blends housing, history, and hope on 125th Street. The project, led by the National Urban League, brings the organization's national headquarters back to Harlem, the neighborhood where the League rose to prominence more than a century ago.

The London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built can be revealed. These boroughs were: the City of London, Hackney, Lambeth, Merton and Richmond. In addition, in a further 12 boroughs, the number started did not even reach double figures. These were: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston, Wandsworth and Westminster.

Whether you want a luxurious separate working space in your backyard, an affordable second home to vacation in, or need a safe and inexpensive place to start building your family, an Amazon tiny house could be the right fit for you. This 40-foot by 20-foot model includes two bedrooms, an accommodating living space, a fully equipped open kitchen, a terrace, and one separate wet and dry bathroom.

We spend a lot of time on this podcast covering Oakland's challenges - budget crises, crime statistics, political turmoil. That's important. But it's not the full story of what's happening in this city. When we launched this newsroom, we made a commitment to reporting that reflects the value of Oakland. Along with our accountability and watchdog journalism, we share real news about real change that's making Oakland better.

CB2's Land Use Committee voted against the proposal for the 27-story development, which would rise from a landmarked Fort Greene church. After more than a year of speculation about the future of the landmarked Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church in Fort Greene, plans are now clear: The owners want to use the church's shell as the base of a 27-story, 240-unit apartment tower that would rise beside the iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower.

Zohran Mamdani wants to make sure that all of his constituents have affordable housing, universal child care and boyfriends who don't make them cringe.

The Los Gatos Planning Commission approved several cost-saving measures for the developers of the North 40 to help ensure that the number of affordable housing units in the second phase of the project doesn't decrease any further. The commission voted 5-2 on Oct. 29 to agree to conditions of approval that would enable developers Grosvenor Property Americas to complete regrading the site and building 127 for-sale townhomes before the nonprofit Eden Housing can construct a 67-unit affordable housing building.

On Tuesday, New Yorkers voted to pass three housing ballot proposals to amend the city's charter, streamlining the approvals process for several types of developments. The ballot measures, which passed by about 20 percent (nearly 60 percent in favor, and a little over 40 percent against), with about 91 percent of the vote counted, were perhaps not as closely scrutinized as the mayoral polls, but they represent a major change in how the city builds housing,

The Sax consists of two interconnected towers that truly live up to their musical namesake. The taller "Havana" tower soars 180 meters across 55 stories, while its companion "Philadelphia" reaches 82 meters with 26 floors. The towers are dramatically connected by a golden skybridge spanning six stories, creating what MVRDV describes as a "saxophone-like silhouette" that will serve as a beacon on Rotterdam's evolving waterfront.

It aims to expand affordable housing supply by providing states and local governments with greater flexibility to fund housing development and preservation. America is in the midst of a housing crisis as families struggle to live the American dream due to the shortage of millions of homes, said Flood. The HOME program is a federal program that builds housing supply, but it has previously been weighed down by regulatory burdens that make it hard to build housing.

I'm 75 now, but if I told my dad I'm getting old, he would laugh. He didn't slow down until he was about 94, and he was 100 when he died last December. Dad wouldn't want me sitting still in my old age, so this year I'm leading the 39th Annual Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in his honor. I cried during the opening ceremony, because it's the first time the work project has happened since my father died.

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Boston has granted building permits to another office-to-housing conversion, this time in the South End. Developers are converting a former office building at 615 Albany St. into 24 apartments as part of the city's effort to transform underused commercial space into much-needed housing. It is one of 19 projects participating in Boston's office-to-residential incentive program, which aims to revitalize downtown by replacing outdated offices with homes.

Sup. Jackie Fielder is asking the board to approve a resolution calling on the city treasurer to move forward to create a municipal green bank. The supes have already approved the concept, and Fielder has five cosponsors, so unless one member objects and demands that the proposal be sent to committee, this will pass. That would start the process of figuring out how to pay for what could become the country's first municipal bank.

But in the final days before it was approved in 2016, the developer's lawyer added a sweetener to the deal: Podell promised to cover $500,000 of the costs to build out a community art space at a 100-percent affordable-housing project next door. He had earlier donated land to the city to make that affordable housing project possible. The project was voted through 11-0.

Rents are too high, homeownership feels out of reach, and too many families are being pushed out of the communities that raised them. Over the past three years, we've expanded affordable homeownership, funded more housing vouchers, and saved 114 units in East Boston from speculation which kept hundreds of neighbors in their homes. But the work isn't finished. I'll continue pushing for innovative housing solutions that build for the inclusion of all families while strengthening community voices in every stage of development.

The project includes a seven-story, 505-unit market-rate apartment building, a five-story, 132-unit, 100% affordable apartment building and 100 for-sale townhouse units configured in 14 three-story buildings. This site's been vacant for many years, and when we were first introduced to this site about two and a half years ago, it was in the time when builders' remedy applications seeking to lower density were abundant, said Scott Connelly, a representative of Valley Oaks Partners.

More and more year-round employees, from hospital staff to teachers and restaurant workers, are being priced out of the Cape and Islands, leaving communities scrambling to find ways to keep them housed. Local officials say they've pursued nearly every option available - from state and federal housing grants to zoning reforms to even building out sewers to support more housing - but the problem keeps outpacing the solutions. Now, they say, it comes down to funding.