HOUSTON: A problem for social and affordable housing providers is emerging.
An increasing number are raising cash by letting out a spare room via Airbnb.
In one block of flats, so many are being used like hotels, and the building is teeming with strangers… Read More »
DALLAS: McKinsey defines affordable housing as that requiring no more than 30 per cent of income.
Small, temporary, modular homes are one potential solution. A product designer has devised a concept he calls “Houselets,” described as “simple, mobile, modular building in available space.” The term Read More »
CHICAGO: The idea is to zap tremor-causing nerve cells in the brain by focusing intersecting sound waves on them without damaging surrounding tissue – sort of like holding a magnifying glass above a leaf so that intensified light can burn a tiny spot.
Focused ultrasound, Read More »
NEW YORK: The hundred and ninety-second entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.
An apartment complex in Seahawk Road in Berlin, USA. Developer Blair Rinnier has built 800 “garden-style” rental apartments on the site.
Rinnier said his family has been in Read More »