Blogs about: Affordable Housing

Baby Steps on Affordable Housing

phydeux wrote 3 hours ago: Bloomberg and Quinn announced the creation of a pilot program to buy up unsold condo projects and tu … more →

Tags: Bloomberg, Bullshit, Bailout, Condos, Quinn, Conversion

Frances Goldin to Receive 2009 Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award

LT wrote 21 hours ago: “A renewal effort has to be conceived as a process of building on the inherent social and economic v … more →

Tags: Municipal Art Society, Yolanda Garcia Award

Ninety-unit Cedar Pond Townhomes development gets $15.3 million in federal tax credits; construction should start by Oct. 154 comments

Rick Smith wrote 23 hours ago: If all goes as planned, a Minnesota developer will begin construction in mid-October on the 90-unit … more →

Tags: City Hall, federal tax credits

The REALTORS® at R. H. Thackston & Company support the community and hope you will too through Monadnock Habitat for Humanity.

dickthackstonrealtor wrote 1 day ago: The following is a letter from Monadnock Habitat for Humanity. Building homes, building hope. June 3 … more →

Tags: 1, Bellows Falls, Habitat For Humanity, Keene, M&A, Monadnock, New Hampshire, nh, Peterborough

Service: A Unique Opportunity

kavips wrote 1 day ago: I chose to spend vacation away with a wonderful group of people who dedicate their spare time helpin … more →

Tags: it's a wonderful life, A Dad's Responsibility, Accountability, bipartisanship, Bloggers, Just the Facts

Renovation of the empty, flood-damaged Roosevelt looks like it really will get going now 2 comments

Rick Smith wrote 1 day ago: Minneapolis developer Sherman Associates Inc. is going to start its renovation of The Roosevelt, the … more →

Tags: City Hall, federal tax credits, the roosevelt

Mercy Housing receives $100,000 grant from The Home Depot Foundation to support national Environmental Stewardship Initiative

Mercy Housing wrote 2 days ago: Wind turbines located on the roof of Mercy Housing Lakefront's award-winning environmen … more →

Tags: Grants and Awards, Mercy Housing, energy efficient housing, Environmental Stewardship, grant, home depot, Home Depot Foundation

Affordable housing: Pros and Cons

vanbostonintern wrote 2 days ago: Bloomfields Garden Housing Project Last week, all the staff at Viet-AID attended a city council abt … more →

Tags: domestic internship, Van Nguyen, Viet-AID, Race, Bloomfields, 01 Sam Yoon

In realty, the worst is over

paragjani wrote 2 days ago: Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee The near lull in the housing sector just months ago has been replaced by a … more →

Tags: Builders & Developers, general postings, sez, Gera Developments, Real Estate in India

Dispatch From The Second Encuentro For Dignity

harlemworldblog wrote 2 days ago: Community Amid the global financial crisis, the private equity companies that once threatened to swa … more →

Tags: Community, cmmunity, East Harlem, El Barrio, The Second Encuentro

10 cities where Americans are relocating (Phoenix #4)

dvcwebsite2008 wrote 3 days ago: [Source: Forbes.com] — While migration to the sunny climates of the Phoenix metro area has cer … more →

Tags: Business, Employment, Weather, Jobs, Metro Phoenix, phoenix, Unemployment

Failed Projects Turned Into Affordable Housing

niaknowles wrote 3 days ago: Expensive cities like New York and Seattle are trying to find ways to change failed luxury projects … more →

Tags: Real Estate 411, Developers, failed, Luxury projects, New York, News, Real Estate, Seattle, Update

Just shut up and stick Tab A into Slot B, huh?

renaissanceronin wrote 3 days ago: Hi Campers! I have a few ISBU houses being built, RIGHT NOW. Although my house is mired in political … more →

Tags: alternative construction, Alternative Housing, Architecture, Construction, container house, Environment, Green Design, housing, HowTo

Affordable Housing in NJ Historic Buildings--the road trips

Donna Ann Harris wrote 3 days ago: The Clare Estate, Bordentown NJ This past week, Ron Emrich, Preservation New Jersey’s Executiv … more →

Tags: Historic Preservation, Coah, Council on Affordable Housing, PNJ, Preservation New Jersey, Ron Emrich

Save our Villages

katmartindale wrote 4 days ago: The National Housing Federation has a new campaign: to Save our Villages. By publicising the prosp … more →

Tags: British Beer and Pub Association, Campaign to protect rural england, gentrification, National Housing Federation, Rural housing, Rural Shops Alliance

I want MY Independence!

renaissanceronin wrote 5 days ago: Oh Happiest of Happy Days! And I’m not talking about that “Fonzi/Potsy/Heeeeeeeey! … more →

Tags: alternative construction, alternative fuels, Alternative Housing, alternative power, Architecture, Construction, container house, Environment, Humor

Carfree In... Hayward?1 comment

Daniel wrote 5 days ago: Could this be Hayward? While Hayward is usually thought of as one of the Bay Area’s biggest su … more →

Tags: Land Use Planning, Urban Design, Automobile, bicycle, East Bay, Hayward, Quarry Village, Sprawl

Governor Signs Age-Restricted Housing Bill

Phil Morin wrote 6 days ago: On July 2, Governor Corzine signed into law the controversial bill which allows applicants who recei … more →

Tags: legislation, rezoning

Midtown Phoenix empty lot where WWII housing once stood sold

dvcwebsite2008 wrote 1 week ago: [Source: G.G. George] — The Encanto Citizens Association Board attended the foreclosure auctio … more →

Tags: Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Crime, Midtown Vitality, demolition, Michael Nowakowski, Phil Gordon, West McDowell Road, Encanto Citizens Association


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