Discussion: Housing, Homelessness, Urban Development, Gentrification, and Other Housing Issues

[MessiahDecoy123]

"Everything I don't like is unconstitutional".

 

[blueharvest]

Florida insurance companies ask DeSantis ally to approve huge rate hike

Amica Mutual Insurance and an Allstate subsidiary seek 50+ percent rate hikes in Florida, citing losses and claims surge.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Millennials have been priced out of buying homes, and are venting that they can't afford rent either

TikTok is full of videos of millennials being blindsided by massive increases in rent that they can no longer afford.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[squeekness]

Millennials have been priced out of buying homes, and are venting that they can't afford rent either

TikTok is full of videos of millennials being blindsided by massive increases in rent that they can no longer afford.

www.businessinsider.com

They are justifiably angry. Home ownership is the first step to financial stability.

 

[blueharvest]

A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are set to tweak it

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would tweak the state's pioneering land use law that placed growth boundaries on cities to prevent urban sprawl and preserve nature.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Buying Up Hawaii

Why the business magnate has decided to procure hundreds of land parcels is unclear.

gizmodo.com

 

[squeekness]

Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Buying Up Hawaii

Why the business magnate has decided to procure hundreds of land parcels is unclear.

gizmodo.com

He's probably going to flip them for a huge profit. Poor people lose again.

 

[blueharvest]

Biden administration to boost affordable housing programs, supply of manufactured homes

The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it will take steps to bolster federal programs that produce affordable housing, boost the supply of manufactured homes and promote fairer rental …

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Los Angeles Seeks Speedier Way to Build New Affordable Homes

In 2022, LA Mayor Karen Bass directed city agencies to fast-track 100% affordable apartment projects to relieve the city’s housing crunch. Here’s how that push is working.

www.bloomberg.com

An affordable housing impossibility for these Tallahassee renters: Can Blueprint help?

The issue will be discussed by the Intergovernmental Agency Board on whether to add affordable housing land acquisition as a Blueprint project.

www.tallahassee.com

HUD, White House announce new initiatives designed to boost housing supply - HousingWire

HUD and the White House announced a series of plans on Thursday aimed at boosting U.S. housing supply, a Biden administration priority.

www.housingwire.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Buying Up Hawaii

Why the business magnate has decided to procure hundreds of land parcels is unclear.

gizmodo.com

'It's my job': Salesforce's Marc Benioff tracked journalist in Hawaii, per report​

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/marc-benioff-journalist-hawaii-salesforce-18694232.php

 

[blueharvest]

'It's my job': Salesforce's Marc Benioff tracked journalist in Hawaii, per report​

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/marc-benioff-journalist-hawaii-salesforce-18694232.php

So David Benioff, one of the two people responsible for ruining the latter seasons of Game of Thrones is related to Marc Benioff, someone trying his best to ruin the state of Hawaii.

Color me shocked.

 

[blueharvest]

Oregon state senators approve more than $350 million to help state’s housing and homelessness crisis

The money would boost housing production, create a new state agency, help fund existing homeless shelters and give cities a one-time chance to bypass state land-use laws to build housing.

www.opb.org

 

[squeekness]

So David Benioff, one of the two people responsible for ruining the latter seasons of Game of Thrones is related to Marc Benioff, someone trying his best to ruin the state of Hawaii.

Color me shocked.

Can't choose your family, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

Florida moves to ban homeless sleeping on streets

Florida lawmakers passed HB 1365 in the Republican-controlled House on Friday by a vote of 82 to 26.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Florida moves to ban homeless sleeping on streets

Florida lawmakers passed HB 1365 in the Republican-controlled House on Friday by a vote of 82 to 26.

www.newsweek.com

And where exactly are they supposed to go?

 

[blueharvest]

And where exactly are they supposed to go?

No idea. Maybe they'll be taken to jail or something?

 

[squeekness]

Nobody should go to jail just for being homeless.

 

[blueharvest]

London Mayor Wants to Sell Homes of 'Putin Cronies' to Fund Building of 4,000 Low-Cost Homes

Khan's call comes days after the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[blueharvest]

Now, if only that could be applied to all 50 states...

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[blueharvest]

Greystar is also one of the corporations trying to stop more federal rent control.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[blueharvest]

Powell: ‘There will be bank failures’ caused by commercial real estate losses

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday he expects to see some banks fail due to their exposure to the commercial real estate sector, which has declined significantly in value following t…

thehill.com