How Covid-19 sparked the great luxury real estate shuffle
Many prime real estate markets in the West saw a boom due to people’s rapidly changing priorities.
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Construction companies hammer home the importance of the domestic market
The world’s top construction companies overwhelmingly favour the domestic market when it comes to selecting a subsidiary destination.
How does new construction affect nearby housing prices?
New research addresses a question that's incredibly difficult to answer and may hold clues to solving the affordable-housing puzzle.
The downsides of being a tech hub: Housing disruption and inequality
San Francisco, Seattle and Dublin show what happens when a city becomes a global hotspot for tech jobs without planning to accommodate growth and change.
Does upzoning drive new development?
Recent research finds that upzoned land in Portland, Oregon, produced three times as much new housing as parcels that remained unchanged, but overall development remained low.
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Why I decided to leave Madrid
The most typical type of housing in this city is no longer working for me and my family, and we're not alone.
2021 could be a boom year for moving
The results of City Monitor's Intent to Move survey indicate a broad level of interest in relocating in the wake of the pandemic.
For more equitable parks, design them to be inclusive of homelessness
Cities can make parks feel safe and accommodating for housed and unhoused residents alike. A new toolkit shows what that looks like.
Austin is funding homelessness services by defunding police
Faced with a homelessness crisis and a commitment to fund alternatives to policing, the city council voted to create new supportive housing that operates with money diverted from the police budget.
A US-wide eviction ban could have prevented thousands of Covid deaths
About 1.2 million infections and 164,000 deaths could have been averted in 2020 if the federal government had stopped evictions and utility shut-offs, according to Duke University estimates.
The pandemic brings even more uncertainty to the US’s official count of homelessness
The Point in Time tabulation has always had its shortcomings. Those will be amplified this year as places across the country cancel, delay or alter their efforts.
Pandemic job losses could fuel a rise in homelessness for years
Anthony Orlando of the Economic Roundtable discusses new report findings that the pandemic could cause twice as much new homelessness as the 2008 Great Recession.
Can Atlanta end single-family zoning?
That's just one of the proposals put forth by a new initiative that outlines policy-based solutions for affordable and equitable growth in one of the US's fastest-growing metropolises.
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