Families are moving out of cities and into the suburbs. Some urbanophiles do not believe families are worthy to keep due to families spending less in the economy, and using more services than young single professionals. But most city leaders see families important for economic stability. Vancouver is a city …
In Sweden, a new apartment building is being built for those who don’t have cars, called CykelHuset or bicycle house by its architect Cord Siegel. The building is designed to address the needs people have for cars and provide substitutes. There are huge delivery mailboxes to benefit those who shop …
A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit working on building safe housing for those living in extreme poverty, partnered with Icon, a construction tech company, to create a 3D printer that can build a house in a day for roughly $4,000. While the organization’s current human-built design takes between 13 and 20 days …
MEDCottage, based in Virginia, has created “granny pods” which are 12 feet by 24 feet pods that can be placed in backyards and connect to the main house’s plumbing and electrical system. The pods vary in style, size and prices from $85 000 to $ 125 000. The pods have …
A recent emergence of a new app called Nesterly is making an appearance across the globe to address the housing crisis which especially affects low-income and young people. It pairs older homeowners with younger adults who need affordable housing through accommodation in vacant rooms of homes. It was found in …
Commonspace is created by CoWorks founders Troy Evans and John Talarico, who are creating 300-square-feet micro-units that each have a kitchen, bathroom, and a bedroom, two floors above the co-working space. The micro-units will also be surrounded by a chef’s kitchen, TV and game room. A “social engineer” will ensure …
In his article “The city with no homeless on its streets,” Mat Trewern (2019) states that street homelessness which once existed in Finland’s capital, Helsinki, is almost nonexistent today. In 1987, it was reported that there were over 18,000 homeless people on its city streets, but since Finland’s government followed …
A New Zealand firm ran an experiment which reduced the workweek to 32 hours and asked two researchers to study the effects on staff. Employees reported a 24% improvement in work-life balance, and the change also boosted productivity. Supervisors said staff were more creative, their attendance was better, they were …
According to researchers at McMaster University, they completed an interactive study across Canada’s 10 provinces that compared environmental factors that contributed to one’s well-being and highlighted differences between rural and urban communities as well as eastern and western, and northern with southern communities. Their research led to identification of trends …
Columbus will run a pilot program from June to November 2019 to connect pregnant women with on-demand rides to doctor’s appointments and other daily errands in order to prevent infant mortality. This program includes 500 eligible women in their early months of pregnancy who live in neighborhoods where most babies …