Housing

Ever wonder why university housing cost so much? Or maybe how much of your overall tuition actually goes into housing? Believe it or not public housing is a marketing business that is growing tremendously every year. Some may say that housing is not overpriced but instead worth every penny due to the benefits it had to offer, but I say the money given to university housing is almost equivalent to a house which you can possibly invest in later. Due to imbalanced university finances and federal…

Our nation has been facing a silent housing crisis that worsens each year. Nearly, 20 million lower-income households spend more than fifty percent of their monthly income on housing. Another 20 million low-income families also lack access to transit, good schools, and jobs, or are living in concentrated poverty. These households are faced with a significant stress that is induced by applying limited funds to competing demands. Often due to the extreme cost of daily living, families prioritize…

urban Americans annually. This large population growth is putting a major strain on large cities due to the lack of adequate housing for all of the new residents. The traditional high-density residential buildings cities once depended on to house their citizens can no…

The current affordable housing issue in California, especially in large cities is an issue that many Californians can relate to. In Sacramento the influx of Bay Area residents migrating to the region has effected housing cost. After reviewing some of the housing bills, there seems to be a number of good intended proposals, but there also concerning issues. As well-meaning as these bills are, there is always issues with the State asserting authority over responsibilities that have traditionally…

in low income and public housing in the community. However, there are many residents that own their houses in the neighborhood. Residents of Northcentral have a strong relationship with their extended family. Often time, you will see three different generations living under one household. In the article, “Finding and keeping affordable housing: analyzing the experiences of single-mother families in North Philadelphia” by Susan Clampet-Lundquist discuss the affordable housing problems that…

Introduction According to Bloomington housing authority “If a felon has engaged in any violent criminal activity, or in any other criminal activity that would affect other tenants’ health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises will not be accepted for public housing or section 8. Therefore, some paroles that have serious drug felons are left having no governmental assisted housing. As a result, paroles are stuck in finding housing in the privatized housing market, which can more…

Chapter 2 - The Private Rented Sector Private renting means housing that is owned by private individual, company or organisation. Private rented sector plays important role in providing accommodation for all sorts of different household and people. There have been increasing in the private rented sector over the past 25 to 30 years. There are now more than 9 million private renters in England. This growth has been particularly rapid since 2001 with the introduction of Buy to Let mortgage finance…

cooling of the building boom in the GTA. This article analyzes and compares how the growing demand of single-family and new home markets are outweighing demand for condos significantly. A primary factor that has contributed to the sharp increase in housing starts is due to the delay of construction over the past few years. For years, builders and citizens have shown more interest in condo markets, the primary reason being that starting prices are more resilient than single-family homes. Condo…

In fact, the housing crisis has been a challenge social issue in San Francisco for a long period. I have been wondered how frustrated would be if a family has to sleep out on the streets, especially at the freezing nights. The Hamilton Family Center is the great option for families who experience homelessness to get various supports. It provides different services through different programs, including family shelter, transitional housing, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing, and…

The “Housing First” program is an approach to ending homelessness, developed in New York City, where instead of putting the homeless into shelters, they are immediately put into permanent housing as quickly as possible with voluntary support service provided to them. The housing first allows people to easily be placed in a house despite mental illnesses which has been known to bar the people…