Above is a really low quality picture of the Venice/Barry complex, and if you click below, I'll share with you the pro's and con's of living here, plus the surprising Walkscore.com results.
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Showing posts with label Housing. Show all posts
Grad Housing: Venice/Barry Apartments
Incoming planners are probably at that point where they're looking for housing or being given offers by University Housing at some of the many places off campus. While answering an email question today about these options, I figured it would be worth it to put some of my answers on BruinPlanners.
Above is a really low quality picture of the Venice/Barry complex, and if you click below, I'll share with you the pro's and con's of living here, plus the surprising Walkscore.com results.
Above is a really low quality picture of the Venice/Barry complex, and if you click below, I'll share with you the pro's and con's of living here, plus the surprising Walkscore.com results.
Labels:
Campus Affairs,
Housing
Santa Monica Daily Press: Developer skips out on affordable housing
No housing here, folks.
Really interesting case o
f affordable housing requirements not being fulfilled by the developer despite a relatively good track record. How easy it is to let relationships between government and developers cloud implementing affordable housing policy.
f affordable housing requirements not being fulfilled by the developer despite a relatively good track record. How easy it is to let relationships between government and developers cloud implementing affordable housing policy.
Labels:
affordable housing,
Homes,
Housing,
Real Estate,
Santa Monica,
Social Justice
LA Weekly - Black Lung Lofts
The LA Weekly just wrote a feature on housing developments within 500 feet of freeways and the health risks associated with those houses.
Read it HERE.
Read it HERE.
Labels:
Housing,
land use,
Public Health
Global Housing Prices 1970-2009
Interesting McKinsey Global Institute tracking of global housing prices. What was happening in the UK and Germany?
Labels:
Housing,
Real Estate
Taking back Renter's Rights!
In case you didn't see this in the NYTimes this morning:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/nyregion/23stuytown.html?hp
A ruling for a huge court case in NY recently came in that could affect over 80,000 apartment units in NY City that have illegally been raised to market rent. The final outcome of securing rights, paying back the city and tenants, and restricting these same actions is still to come so keep an eye out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/nyregion/23stuytown.html?hp
A ruling for a huge court case in NY recently came in that could affect over 80,000 apartment units in NY City that have illegally been raised to market rent. The final outcome of securing rights, paying back the city and tenants, and restricting these same actions is still to come so keep an eye out.
As New York Adds Housing for Poor, Market Subtracts It
James T. Hadden, a barber, on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, where he lives. He pays $1,300 a monthfor a one-bedroom apartment in an area where, he says, there is frequent gunfire.
Labels:
Gentrification,
Housing,
Real Estate
Affordable housing with recyclable materials
Check this article out from the NYtimes. Building low-income homes in East Texas out of recyclable materials. (Link is in the title)
Labels:
Green Building,
Housing,
Sustainable
Affordable Housing Projects in Belo Horizonte
Jessica and I are currently in
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
working on our capstone project.
Here's a little clip from our visit to
Vila Viva's slum upgrading/urbanization project.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
working on our capstone project.
Here's a little clip from our visit to
Vila Viva's slum upgrading/urbanization project.
Até mais!
Caroline
Caroline
Labels:
Housing,
International,
Student Work
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