I don't think "affordable housing" is solely a "low" income issue anymore. I absolutely refuse to pay more than $1000 for a one bedroom apartment. I don't care if it's on the lawn of the White House. Going rate within 50 mile radius of me is $1,400-1,600/mo. in "similar" suburban cities (aka not by the airport) or in the higher crime areas of downtown. I pretty much am being pushed to South Carolina, Tennessee or Alabama.
The misuse of the word affordable has me riled up.
"To get America building, we need to understand what actually gets in the way of most projects. It isn't bureaucrats in Washington, or counties with strict height limits on buildings, or environmental activists chaining themselves to pipelines. It's pissed-off locals, who don't want stuff — any stuff — built in their backyards."
He is among a large population of elderly people living in poverty or on its brink in British Columbia, where perennially high housing costs exacerbate countrywide cost-of-living woes.
I just went to set up #TekSavvy for my new apartment and apparently the #FiberOptic line going into the building is blocked for #IndepententServiceProviders. I've been with TekSavvy for probably close to 20 years (National Capital Freenet before that).
Especially ridiculous that they can do this going into an #AffordableHousing building and charge tenants whatever ridiculous inflated rates they want.
Many office buildings have been left empty since the start of the pandemic. To make them into housing, they might need new windows, altered HVAC systems and rewiring of electrical systems.
Do you #rent in #Ontario? Consider helping #ACORN tenants' union by filling out their rental map. From them: "A rental registry means more transparency for renters and better #housing data to protect affordable housing, inform stronger policies, and enforce existing protections for #tenants facing #renoviction or major rent increases."
"I’m 60 yrs old now & planning to retire soon. I will spend the next year or two finishing development projects, but once I’m done with those, I’ll turn my full attention to my retirement project: bringing the #BritanniaHouse model to other locations in #BritishColumbia & maybe the rest of #Canada. One of my primary objectives was to prove that building #AffordableHousing quickly & without government subsidies is possible & this is one way to do it."
Decided to do a drive-by of the affordable housing complex I am hoping to land a spot in. It's a bit more closely-packed on the site than it looked in the application literature, but it still looks like it'll beat the crap out of my current apartment even without considering it should be at least $200 cheaper in monthly rent 😲
It is absolutely wild that over the course of my 30 year mortgage, I will pay ~$585,000 for my $250,000 house. That doesn't even include the private mortgage insurance since we only put 3.5% down.
I wouldn't be able to save up $250,000 cash otherwise. The price would be much higher than 250k by the time I could save 250k.
But someone making ~$335,000 off me buying my $250,000 house is bananas. It's expensive to be poor. It's even worse for poor renters.
Application window for #Phoenix housing vouchers to open next month. Starting on Sept. 12, people will have a chance to join Phoenix's waitlist for housing vouchers for the first time since 2016. #AffordableHousing
Proof on my street this morning that BC’s new law around #ShortTermRentals is having an immediate, positive, impact on providing housing!
This house sold in the Spring. A young couple from Victoria bought it. Almost immediately, there were BnB guests every weekend continuing through the summer and into fall. Then the new legislation came in.
Today, a family is moving in for what the owners said was a year-long rental until the owners move here. #bcpoli#housingCrisis#AffordableHousing#airbnb
MKE County: Whitefish Bay Affordable Housing Development Approved on Appeal (urbanmilwaukee.com)
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