Posts tagged Housing Prices
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The region urgently needs more homes. Why not adopt housing targets—with teeth?
The region needs to build 374,000 housing units by 2030. Most of them—preferably, three-quarters of them—need to be affordable. Otherwise, housing costs will ascend from merely expensive to stratospheric, tons of households (about 220,000) will be displaced, and the economy might slow down to a sludge. Keep reading…
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National links: Are we at the end of the age of driving?
Cars have grown to outnumber people in the US over the past 100 years, but the automobile industry has been a heavy burden on society. Large and slow-moving storms can be deadlier in areas with sprawl. Can vacancy taxes bring down the costs of homes in some areas? Keep reading…
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Events: “Generation Priced Out” book talk, rail happy hour, and more
Concerned about the future of urban America? Randy Shaw’s Generation Priced Out is a call to action on one of the most talked-about issues of our time: how skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing low- and middle-income people out of urban America. Keep reading…
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What housing does the District’s workforce need?
Increasingly, DC's workforce is comprised of either high-income or low-income jobs, with few middle-income jobs available. Among DC’s most common occupations, 40% are low wage jobs that do not pay enough to cover DC’s high housing prices. Keep reading…
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They did the math: Amazon will barely impact our already supercharged housing market
Researchers have found that the influx of Amazon employees will not significantly affect the housing supply, though the region’s housing costs will likely remain some of the most expensive in the country. That's a key finding from George Mason University’s Fuller Institute, which published a study that looks at the impact of Amazon’s HQ2 on the Washington region’s housing. Keep reading…
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This local partnership hopes to fix the region’s housing shortage
With Amazon HQ2 site selection coming down to the wire, a group of business leaders and a major socially-oriented research organization have come together to challenge the region to address its livability issues head-on. Keep reading…
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Here’s why developers seem to only build luxury housing
Stop me if you've heard this one before: “Developers in my city are only building luxury housing. They're not building anything that ordinary people can afford.” Here are five reasons you might see your local developers primarily building homes that you and your neighbors can't afford. Keep reading…
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National links: How Helsinki is leading the world in urban travel
A subscription app called Whim allows users to get around Helsinki by bike, bus, train, taxi or borrowed car. The front lawn For Sale sign has been redesigned for the digital world. “Balancing” streets for cars has unbalanced neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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How should Arlington preserve and create affordable homes?
The high cost of housing in Arlington is a double-edged sword. Not only is there a severe shortage of market-rate homes that are affordable to low-income households, but the amount that the county must pay to preserve an existing affordable home continues to grow. Keep reading…
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#GGWashReads “Evicted,” which puts a human face on a widespread problem
Last week, members of our summer book club discussed the harsh and complicated realities facing tenants and landlords at the bottom of the housing market as we read though Matthew Desmond’s award-winning book, Evicted. Keep reading…