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Canadian housing policy wants you to live in shoebox condos in the middle of nowhere
12+ hour, 37+ min ago (853+ words) An under-construction condo and mixed use development at Bloor and Dufferin streets in Toronto's west end on Dec. 4, 2025.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail Jane Jacobs was wrong. So suggests the drift in government housing policy toward community-killing high-rises. The…...
Affordable housing law expected to prevent foreclosures
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (377+ words) This story originally appeared in The Center Square. A new law taking effect next year will give affordable housing owners more options in avoiding foreclosure. Assembly Bill 2020, authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, will allow the California Department of Housing…...
UN Housing Rapporteur Urges Gov’t to Resource Rent Control, Tackle Rising Rent Pressures
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (261+ words) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Koldo Casla, has urged government to adequately resource the Rent Control Department to strengthen its operations and curb arbitrary rent increases that continue to burden tenants. In a statement…...
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Housing advocates want rent control changes to proceed
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (34+ words) CTV News Housing advocates want rent control changes to proceed Manitoba housing advocates are calling on the premier to move forward with proposed rent control measures....
Comment period opens for Affordable Housing Dept. rules, regulations updates
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (145+ words) 1225 Maple Way, Jackson, WY 83001 JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County and the Town of Jackson are performing a review and update to the joint Jackson/Teton County Affordable Housing Department Rules and Regulations. The public review and comment period will remain open…...
Proposal to use public investment funds to build social housing.
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (392+ words) On the afternoon of October 8th, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation held a conference to gather opinions on the draft laws: the amended Land Law, the amended Real Estate Business Law, and the amended Housing Law. Mr. Vo…...
Accessory Dwelling Law Draws Calls but Few Applications
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (165+ words) David M. Higgins II is an award-winning journalist and founder of The Southern Maryland Chronicle. A Baltimore native raised in Southern Maryland, Higgins founded the Chronicle in 2017 and has built it into a trusted source for local news across the region....