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The economic impacts of affordable housing are clear as shown by Mountainlands Community Housing Trust's study revealed in their event earlier this week. 🚘️ 🏘️ More affordable housing would limit commuting, which would reduce traffic and the need for new parking structures; it would bring in more state funding for schools; and increase local spending, sales, and property taxes for the county. The return on investment into affordable housing is estimated to be more than 5 times. 📰 Read the KPCW article to learn more about the positive impacts of affordable housing: https://lnkd.in/e3zc4mRT

Accessing land is a fundamental step for families to secure home ownership, build generational wealth, and establish economic stability. However, millions of people in Mexico lack access to affordable land. In 2023, our land development program served 941 families in Etzatlán, Mexico. Learn more about how we worked with the housing market to make land ownership more accessible for this community: https://lnkd.in/g3FnkBBc

When should you serve a ‘no fault’ eviction notice? What are the restrictions on serving these notices? Learn about what a ‘no fault’ eviction is and how you can pursue one legally with our No Fault Eviction Notice template and FAQs: https://lnkd.in/evnMcW_a 🚀 #propertylaw #housing #evictions #landlords #tenants

A future where no one hoards housing for profit is possible. We Can All Be Housed. No one deserves to be exploited for their basic needs. Housing can be a right, not a profit-maker. This article explores how restoring rent control in Saint Paul is the first step to decommodifying housing and making homes abundant. https://lnkd.in/gn4WG_cC

Soon after the King's Speech, we're now seeing the new government's housing and planning policies in more detail. Angela Rayner, the Housing Secretary, donned a hard hat and hi-vis jacket yesterday to tour a new building development. She announced a new draft National Planning Policy Framework, which reintroduces mandatory housing targets for local councils and focuses building on 'grey belt' land, as well as brownfield. She also repeated her "golden rule" of building 50% affordable housing on such developments. This is higher than many new schemes currently achieve. Our evaluations of the Affordable Housing Programme and the Housing Infrastructure Fund will feed in evidence about the success or otherwise of these initiatives and their value for money. Alongside these planning changes, Angela said the government will provide more direct grant funding and more certainty around rent setting in social housing in the autumn spending review, to help providers “plan for the future”. In conversations I've had with housing providers, a clearer and long-term rent settlement is key to future planning, including housebuilding. #planning #housing #evaluation

"In Colts Neck, a similar situation is unfolding, with town officials wasting an inordinate amount of taxpayer dollars on litigation attempting to dodge their affordable housing obligations. This money could have been spent on sewer infrastructure upgrades and other priorities. Ironically, town officials — who never seem to oppose luxury housing developments — are now using the strain on infrastructure as an excuse to not build affordable housing. But they brought this on themselves by refusing to plan for it in advance. Thankfully, Millburn and Colts Neck are outliers. Their neighbors have built a lot of affordable housing — towns like Livingston, West Orange, South Orange, Aberdeen and Tinton Falls are running laps while they refuse to budge from the starting line. We have seen firsthand the benefits of integrated communities in our state. The families that live in affordable developments have seen increases in wages, better physical and mental health outcomes, and increased college attendance. Meanwhile, the surrounding residents continue to experience stable taxes, low crime rates, and high property values." Great OpEd, Josh Bauers!

Jordie Van den Berg (AKA purplepingers) writes for Overland... "Politicians know that it’s not a good look to have an increasing amount of their population experiencing housing insecurity, but they also know that if they do something about it, they’ll reduce their own wealth, as well as the wealth of those who predominantly vote for them — and fund their campaigns. As a result, we get a lot of passionate speeches about the housing crisis, and then little to no action. In fact, the only action that does occur, is action that will continue to inflate the price of housing, like selling public, government-owned housing to private developers in order to convert those dwellings into profit-generating sources" Read more here #auspol > https://loom.ly/DLg9H_4

Los Angeles CRE professionals, please check out below and let me know if I'm wrong about the impact of ULA. In this simple equation, it's assumed that about 17% of the investors' profit is handed to the city of LA to combat homelessness according to Measure ULA that went into effect beginning of last summer. San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Culver City, Santa Monica and some others to a lesser extent all do this. Our leaders think that money here is infinite and nothing will stop new businesses and investment from pouring in. Sunshine and good weather isn't enough. Investors and developers that look to improve and advance the cityscape are going to start looking elsewhere. Politicians called it the "mansion tax", and voters don't seem to mind crushing others with tax as long as it's not them. But don't be deceived, this is the type of stuff that will stunt LA from reaching it's potential. Well intentioned. Hastily implemented.

It's more of a dire situation than this nation realizes. And this is why we need national housing policy reform at it's base. Read the article: https://ow.ly/IAgR50SXxKM