Amirudin dismisses claims Pakatan manifesto copied, says affordable housing and healthcare plans original

Why the new US housing bill won’t fix the crisis

Why the new US housing bill won't fix the crisis.

Eby says condo plan is not a bailout but a ‘rent-to-own' opportunity

VANCOUVER — BC NDP Premier David Eby spent much of his Thursday press conference defending the federal-provincial plan to convert vacant condos into “affordable housing” saying the program is “not a bailout” for developers, but instead, a “rent-to-own opportunity” to renters who could otherwise “never enter ownership.”

“They’ve Taken Over the Building”: Worn-Out Renter Admits Defeat and Considers Packing Up to Escape Late-Night Apartment Nightmare

Ignoring the problem won't make it go away. The post “They’ve Taken Over the Building”: Worn-Out Renter Admits Defeat and Considers Packing Up to Escape Late-Night Apartment Nightmare appeared first on TwistedSifter.

A bipartisan housing bill undercuts the socialist case

For years, much of the American Left has portrayed the housing crisis (rising rents, soaring prices, and falling affordability) as proof that markets fail at delivering basic needs. The remedies followed: rent control, vast public housing, and “social housing” schemes. Congress just delivered a different verdict. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a merger []

“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.

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