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Determined Engineering Student Builds Prototype Modular Home to Help Homelessness

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/determined-engineering-student-builds-prototype-modular-home-to-help-homelessness/

It’s worth reminding ourselves that urbanists have won the debate over #housing and #NIMBYs have lost. Last year, a poll in D.C. found that if the choice was between moderate increases in density (urbanists’ position) and “neighborhood character” (the NIMBYs’), a vast majority would choose … more housing. https://ggwash.org/view/101935/ggwash-picks-2025-poll-finds-district-residents-prefer-housing-affordability-to-neighborhood-character

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2026/01/housing-shortage-and-rising-rents-pose-growing-economic-risk-for-greater-dc-region/ “Candidates are declining offers after running basic cost of living numbers” #DMV #jobs #rva #housing #inflation #shortage #zoning

@togblog It is about time to limit them!
#housing

Mobile homeowner says Quinte West park owner’s questionable tactics impacting her sale

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-mobile-homes-sunpark-9.7026540
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La propriétaire d’une maison mobile dit que le propriétaire d’un parc de maison mobiles de Quinte West emploie des tactiques qui compliquent la vente

// Article en anglais //

#Ontario #Housing #Logement

Regional purchase affordability (m2 that can be bought via mortgage using 1/3 of disposable income) in the EU

Across the EU, around 40% of the urban population would need a mortgage of more than 20 years to buy a 25 sqm apartment.

Περιφερειακή προσιτότητα αγοράς κατοικίας (τ.μ. που μπορούν να αγοραστούν μέσω στεγαστικού δανείου με τη χρήση του 1/3 του διαθέσιμου εισοδήματος) στην ΕΕ

#EU #Greece #RealEstate #housing #residential #property #Eurozone #HousePrices #mortgages #ΕΕ #ακίνητα

Map: Regional purchase affordability (m2 that can be bought via mortgage using 1/3 of disposable income)

Χάρτης: Περιφερειακή προσιτότητα αγοράς κατοικίας (τ.μ. που μπορούν να αγοραστούν μέσω στεγαστικού δανείου με τη χρήση του 1/3 του διαθέσιμου εισοδήματος)

Get affordable housing or keep your pet? Saskatoon woman’s dilemma widespread
In Saskatchewan’s tight rental market, ‘no pets’ listings and extra fees push many into painful decisions and leave animal rescue groups to deal with the result.

#housing #pets #rentalmarket #Saskatoon #Saskatchewan
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/pet-friendly-rentals-sask-dogs-cats-animals-subsidized-housing-9.7036889?cmp=rss

World's tallest rollercoaster hits 155mph and is twice the height of Big Ben

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-tallest-rollercoaster-hits-155mph-36510477

Friends, my roommate bailed on me with almost no notice, and I am trying to raise funds to to be able to stay where I am. Rent here is crazy and I can't afford it alone, so I am trying to raise 3 months of their share until I can find and vet a new roommate.

I had my first roommate interview tonight. They texted me and told me they were on their way. Welp, its a no-call no-show.

If you wish to help out, please, my Paypal is:

ricardus @ sdf . org

#Emergency #FundRaising #Housing #MutualAid

While rents kept rising in many big cities, including Seattle, rents in Austin, Texas, have been on the decline for the last three years. That raises a simple question: Why is Austin an outlier? And is there anything Seattle could copy?
https://www.kuow.org/stories/austin-built-a-lot-of-housing-fast-rents-fell-what-could-seattle-learn
#KUOW #News #Housing #Economy #Seattle #Economy #Construction

No Trump fan, but I will agree that institutional investors have negatively affected the #US #housing market & driven up prices for consumers. (It has been a writing idea of mine, but I've been looking for definitive proof.)

However, I don't think #Trump can ban these corporate entities from investing in this market (it seems Congress would need to take action), but who knows anymore 🤷‍♀️

Also, he seems to need to score political points & create diversion from the news.

#USA #USpol #business

Trump Moves to Ban Big Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes
It isn't clear whether congressional approval would be needed for such a ban

Image: Investors accounted for more than 20% of home sales in hot markets like Las Vegas during the pandemic boom.
PHOTO: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES
By Craig Karmin, Rebecca Picciotto and Alyssa Lukpat
Updated Jan 07, 2026 04:54 p.m. ET

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/trump-housing-large-investor-single-family-home-ban-13e06f61

Accessed: 7 January 2026 at 1833 CST

Quick Summary
• President Trump is moving to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes.
• The President announced his intention to ban large investors from buying single-family homes via social media.
• Trump stated he would call on Congress to codify the ban and plans to introduce more housing affordability plans.
What's This?
President Trump said he will ban large investors from buying single-family homes, the administration's first significant move to address the country's severe housing shortage.
"I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live in homes, not corporations," Trump said in a social-media post Wednesday.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/trump-housing-large-investor-single-family-home-ban-13e06f61

Accessed: 7 January 2026 at 1833 CST

It isn't clear if Trump can carry out such a ban without congressional approval, and big investors would still be able to hold on to their hundreds of thousands of existing homes. Yet if the president is able to enact a ban, it would likely ripple through a number of major housing markets across the country.
Wall Street's presence in the housing market began growing after the subprime mortgage crisis started to erupt in 2007, even though institutional investors have never owned more than a tiny slice of the overall housing market. Some estimates put the figure around 2% to 3%.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/trump-housing-large-investor-single-family-home-ban-13e06f61

Accessed: 7 January 2026 at 1833 CST

But in several cities, investors hold a significant share of homes. During the pandemic housing boom, investors accounted for more than 20% of all home
sales in some hot markets, including Houston, Miami, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Sunbelt cities have been a particular target for institutional homeownership. A
2024 analysis by the Government Accountability Office said large
institutions owned 25% of rental homes in Atlanta and 18% in Charlotte.
Investors of all sizes, including mom-and-pop landlords, spent billions of dollars buying homes over the past dozen years.
At the 2022 peak, they purchased more than one in every four single-family homes sold. Most of these purchases were made by small investors looking to rent out properties. Investor purchases, alongside those made by traditional buyers, slowed when mortgage rates surged.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/trump-housing-large-investor-single-family-home-ban-13e06f61

Accessed: 7 January 2026 at 1833 CST

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/07/danvilles-new-zoning-code-will-set-guidelines-for-the-citys-growth-and-future-addressing-needs-like-transitional-housing/ “Many of the zoning code changes relate to housing, Burton said. The city wants to continue to increase its housing capacity, and do that in a sustainable way.” #danville #housing #zoning #shortage #virginia #homelessness

Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes

President Donald Trump said the U.S. should bar large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that corporate…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #ApolloGlobalManagementInc #BlackRockInc #BLACKSTONEINC #BreakingNews:Markets #BreakingNews:Politics #businessnews #DonaldTrump #donald-j-trump #Headlines #Housing #InvitationHomesInc #Mortgages #Politics #Realestate #TopStories #UnitedStates
https://www.newsbeep.com/351092/

Zohran Mamdani’s First New Media Press Conference as Mayor

Seems to be a press conference for "new media" (although I think we're at least 10 years past the time when that phrase was regularly used...)

Given who owns most of the media in the US right now, having a conference specifically for folks who have smaller blogs, vlogs, etc could be a potentially good thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEGQY-Pvdg #NYC #USpol #Housing #Transportation

HUMANs12.25SummitSessionCostofHousing

https://peertube.communecter.org/videos/watch/0ee0afb9-e4fe-46ec-a6df-44b28b2a92f2

Trump says administration will ban big investors from buying single-family homes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/trump-ban-investor-home-buying #DonaldTrump #Housing #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #UsPolitics #Society

Here are drafts, for#POC in #NYC, of the 3 docs needed to do micro-housing endowment in your area. I will run your numbers if you let me know. Doc uses #sovereign leftover from national & state versions. Could call it micro-HRHE, #human #rights #housing #endowment. Natl & state will follow later in week.
Ending #homelessness stops #fascism in its tracks. #Homelessness is product of slow cooking #fascism. Money is not your friend. It guarantees #poverty and #homelessness.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pGi43p1vJ6NXO_QH_ZILbT8eWqN52u4__4HcwIj2wAw/edit?usp=drive_link

Hi, saving myself from the endless reposting of non-solutions on #Bluesky. I research #homelessness and will implement a #POC in #NYC by Spring. People in homes by following Spring. Mode of operation is micro to sovereign #housing #endowmemnts. One book on #amazon I will post text versions of reports here. Looking for co-worker that understands no salary and that ending #homelessness will stop #fascism in its tracks. Could not get one #Dem #Governor to respond at all.

#Housing

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