It is a great shame that the most creative professional group in the building trade, the architects, rarely apply themselves to existing housing. A large proportion of the Netherlands’ climate targets will after all have to be achieved within existing housing. This is one of the messages to be conveyed by Prof.

The legislation required to implement the Market Octavia Plan was approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on its first reading yesterday, paving the way for much anticipated new housing and infrastructure improvements in the plan area. The Market Octavia Plan is a culmination of an 8 year effort by the City and the affected neighborhoods.

It's now official as Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson released a statement in which he says that on April 18 of this year Jackson will step down from his post.

According to this settlement landlords agree to spend an estimated $750,000 to make 140 units lead-safe.

New guidance released this week by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Justice (DOJ) reinforced the right of persons with disabilities to make “reasonable modifications” to their dwellings if a structural change to their dwelling or to a common area of the building or complex in which they live is needed so that they can fully enjoy the premises.

New research has found more than 176,000 households are on waiting lists for public housing in Australia, with 7 per cent classified in greatest need.

Ending Homelessness: $800,000 Freddie Mac Foundation Investment To Help Montgomery County Homeless Children And Families.

“On behalf of the many individuals and families who would have been burdened by a tax after losing their home, the National Association of Realtors® thanks President George W. Bush for signing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act into law.

Broadbased, Record Declines in Home Prices in October According to the
S&P/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices.

I always say that the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index is the best measure of the state of the housing market because, unlike the median home price, it shows the change in real home prices.

The number of people taking out home loans in Australia fell in October, with borrowers wary of the widely anticipated interest rate increase in November.

October housing starts and building permits data just hit the tape. The details of housing starts are promising.