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A company named SixFifty has developed a free application which allows tenants to access legal aid that helps prevent forced eviction under new U.S. federal eviction protections. The application, called “Hello Landlord,” has been developed as a means to help people who are facing financial issues as a result of …
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A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were 'beautifully surprising'
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The 2018 joint study, The New Leaf Project, gave $7,500 cash payments to people who are homeless in Vancouver, British Columbia. Researchers checked up on the 115 participants over the course of a year. The participants ranged from 19 to 64 years of age, all of which were homeless for …
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Suburbia, Reconsidered
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President Trump has promised to protect suburban areas from the effects of low income housing. However, protecting the suburbs is not the largest concern as the poverty rate in suburbs is rising at a faster rate than in urban and rural areas. In his book, Author Jason Diamond explains how …
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Lisbon Has a Plan to Reclaim Housing From Airbnb
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With Airbnb vacancy rates at an all time high in the world’s large urban areas, the city of Lisbon has crafted their own solution to this problem. The city has developed a program to incentivize short stay landlords to list their properties on the long term rental market. The program …
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The startup cooperative Oby, short for “our backyard,” is creating a solution to the housing crisis in the Bay Area in California. The startup is a spinoff of the firm CoEverything. The startup works by finding homeowners who are willing to build a tiny house in their backyard and then …
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Bunker Housing Co-operative is a community-led housing programme for individuals with low income status, helping them to build their own homes using lands leased by Brighton Borough City Council. Members of this group are working to develop models for building sustainable homes at low costs that can be replicated elsewhere. …
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Brick and mortar retail stores continue to face challenges due to COVID-19 and a lack of consumer spending power. The Trump administration has suggested the idea of converting empty retail spaces into affordable housing units. This can already be seen in Lynnwood, a suburb of Seattle. In Lynnwood, developers are …
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