Housing Affordability

26+ min ago   (1681+ words) Sydney’s deputy mayor shares her vision for the future of Melbourne, where she grew up, ahead of her appearance at The Age’s Melbourne Assembly civic forum. By the colossal sandstone pillars of Sydney Town Hall, Jess Miller is a long…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (146+ words) “Barely six weeks out from the midterm elections, housing costs that many Americans have long said are too high are looking even more out of reach,” Bloomberg reports. “The latest blow for consumers came Thursday, when Freddie Mac reported that…...

14+ hour, 27+ min ago   (641+ words) California is poised to pass a law that could lead to higher homeowners association fees. Critics are concerned it could lead to HOAs hiking costs on homeowners, but supporters say it'll actually help them in the long run. Gov. Gavin…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (24+ words) Proposition 37 on the November ballot is a peculiar mix of philanthropy, tort reform, housing construction, worker protection and Wall Street bond underwriting fees....

6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (140+ words) A surface parking lot along Fountain Avenue in Hollywood is set to make way for housing, according to an application recently filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. The project from property owner PB Orange, LLC and LTM…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1228+ words) Efforts to boost housing construction in San Diego have hit a potential setback: the San Diego Housing Commission refuses to stop charging a hefty fee that discourages developers by making projects more expensive. Critics say the Housing Commission’s stance could…...

21+ hour, 22+ min ago   (258+ words) To reveal the full extent of this issue, our team at the National Zoning Atlas analyzed nearly 20,000 pages of zoning codes across 212 jurisdictions in Missouri and Kansas. Our findings, detailed in a new report, document a regionwide legal framework that…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (207+ words) (The Center Square) — A coalition of business groups is calling on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to add his weight to a push for state reforms to a law critics say has fueled a wave of bogus... Mamdani…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (964+ words) West Yorkshire is set to receive £441m to build 4,000 new homes amid the largest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period. Woman wakes to Kirklees predator telling her 'relax' as he rapes her Huddersfield thug who robbed terrified teenager for £3 spared…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (236+ words) City of Lansing officials are “targeting mid-November” to begin moving into the new downtown city hall, Schor administration spokesperson Scott Bean said Wednesday. Bean said he does not expect city departments to be closed “more than a day or two…...