The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of Canadian housing starts declined by 15% in January to 238,049 units from a revised figure 280,668 units in December, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Actual housing starts were up 1%...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first “rental ripoff” hearing scheduled for Feb. 26 will not permit tenants in the city’s public housing projects to detail their complaints about the quality of their housing. The New York Post reports that only renters and...
North Korea has opened a housing district in the capital of Pyongyang for the families of soldiers killed while fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine. According to combined media reports, Kim Jong-un was front and center at the opening, cutting a red ribbon and...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has directed its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) to investigate a Texas mixed-use real estate development that has been accused of seeking to become a Muslim-only community operating under...
A credit union in Vermont has introduced a home financing program aligned with the principles of Islam. The Burlington Free Press reports NorthCountry Federal Credit Union has partnered with Guidance Residential, an Islamic home finance provider, that adheres to the...
Two golfers in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from taking over a public golf course. Last month, the administration terminated the federal government’s lease agreement with the nonprofit National Links Trust (NLT) for three...
