How to crash the housing market
Would a drop in house prices be bad? And if you wanted to make it happen, how would you go…
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How Kisumu, Kenya’s lakeside city, is curbing the housing deficit
The majority of African cities are struggling with flooding, housing deficits and poor sewerage connectivity, all of which are caused…
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How we build can change how we think about city life
With the housing crisis showing no signs of abating, a new generation of architects is working to design beautiful, inventive…
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Grenfell: four years after the disaster, are our buildings safer?
In the four years since the Grenfell Tower fire, which led to the unconscionable deaths of 72 people, one key…
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Housebuilders get on the green bond bandwagon
British and German property groups debuting green debt issues to fund sustainable housing, amid investor appetite and regulatory pressure.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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