Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Emphasizing Affordable Properties

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

President Bush may be pushing for advocates for home ownership, but a joint study released by both the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the National Low Income Housing Coalition are saying that more emphasis should be on rental and affordable properties. Due to the surging rates of foreclosures, people ...

Prices Stabilize to Better Levels

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Though still way below their desired prices, homes are getting priced better that they have in the past few months as the recession raged in full force. The movement of homes is a sure sign the housing market is getting closer to recovery but industry experts are predicting full recovery ...

How Failed Development Turns into Gems for the Neeedy

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

As the housing market crumbled, so too did the many luxury developments that had huge promise yet little to show for in buyers that they were halted due to lack of investors. Falling into default, they are reborn as the state takes over and tunes them into mass housing for ...

Low Income Housing Benefiting from the Recession??

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

The recession may be biting hard on the many economic fronts but one sector that is suddenly getting attention in terms of long needed funding is low income housing. The many foreclosures has resulted in a very high demand for such housing due to many people not being able to ...

Mack and Mae – Government Control?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

This is a proposal by some lawmakers which was more than just stiffly opposed by the housing industry that has seen minimal government control in the past years. The proposal came as lawmakers are trying to find a way of avoiding the same problems from haunting them and in the ...

President Pledges To Boost Weakened Public Housing System

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

It takes a recession, a rash of foreclosures and millions of homeless people, and not to forget, a new President to bring much needed focus to the long decaying public/low income housing industry that suffered a lot from budget cuts, thanks to the last administration. Budgets and allocations were slashed ...

Selling your House – Not Good Timing

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The health of the housing market has again been changed with January trends showing that the home prices are going down to ever low levels since the crisis began. There are a lot of people who have opted to go and sell their homes in exchange for rental properties but ...

Pre-Fab Housing Units

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Though more associated with low-cost housing in third-world countries, such technologies are available making housing affordable for both developer and buyers. The foundations for the walls are done traditionally with the walls pre-cast in a plant where concrete is poured into molds and released after a few hours. This type ...

How to Apply for Low Income Housing

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Image source: www.globalpanelsolutions.com If you are in need of a place to live and you are either homeless or at or below the poverty level, you may qualify for low income housing in the area in which you live. If you are in need of finding a home or an apartment ...

The End of Homelessness?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

By 2018, homelessness will no longer exist in Washington County. That's the goal in mind of the budget panel for voting last week on setting aside $100,000 to the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. The chairman of the Interfaith Committee on Homelessness, Eric canon applauded the panels commitment ...