Airbnb is putting $250 million behind a new effort to get stalled housing developments moving, an unusually direct intervention in the housing-supply debate from a company that has spent years facing criticism over the effect short-term rentals can have on local...
We use the term “affordable housing” constantly in this industry. I use it. WRE News uses it. Developers, elected officials, housing agencies and advocates all use it. The problem is that two apartments can both legally and accurately be described as affordable...
A real estate agent in Victoria, British Columbia, had his license suspended for six months and was fined $200,000 for violating rules related to a provincial affordable homeownership program. Castanet.com reports the British Columbia Financial Services Authority...
Mark-Dana Corp. announced the opening of Lost Oaks, a $25.9 million affordable multifamily housing community in north central Houston. The five-story development, which is now 60% leased, offers 78 apartments for households earning between 30% and 80% of the Area...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reluctantly jettisoned his campaign promise to demolish the 20,000-square-foot Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan in favor of affordable housing for seniors. The garden would have been razed in favor of a 123-unit housing...