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Apple pledges $2.5bn to address California housing crisis in US
As homelessness reaches chronic levels in California, Apple and other tech companies pledge funds to fix the problem.
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French police clear migrant makeshift camps in northern Paris
More than 1,600 people were cleared, a day after the government announced tighter immigration policies.
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Mayor in German town tells owners to 'build or lose' land in residential areas
The city council in the German town of Tübingen has approved a plan to force landowners to build housing or face sanctions. This weekend 20 letters were sent out to people that own unused land in the area. According to the letters, they...
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Germans take to streets in rent rise protests demanding more homes to become social housing
Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in protest against rising property rents and called for properties of large-scale landlords with more than 3,000 houses to be taken over by the government. Other protests have been held...
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B.C. tries to fix a perennial problem driving up housing prices in Metro Vancouver
Home sales in Metro Vancouver plummeted to their lowest level in nearly two decades last year, but the benchmark price of a condo still sits at $664,100. The B.C. government now says it has launched Canada's first registry aimed at...
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Tech startup promises an easy sale of your home, but at what cost?
Selling your home is one of the most important financial transactions most people will ever do, and also one of the most stressful. A new tech-based of real estate company hopes to change all of that, by offering a fixed price and...
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For Millennials, the Cost of Raising a Child May Not Be Worth It
Kids are... expensive. According to the USDA, the average total cost of one child over a period of 17 years ー from birth to adulthood ー is $233,610. Twenty-two percent of that cost is housing, followed by food (18 percent), and childcare...
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says Housing Investment Will Help Stop Vitality Drain From Tech Hubs
Inflated housing prices and long commute times in tech hubs nationwide is "sapping the vitality" from cities, Microsoft President Brad Smith told Cheddar Thursday following the company's announcement it would invest $500 million to...
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Housemates wanted: Seniors look to co-housing to move away from loneliness
As baby boomers age, people are coming up with creative ways to form communities without going into old age homes. This is the story of three women who share a house and keep an eye on each other — real-life “Golden Girls.”
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Declining Home-Builder Confidence Weighs on Housing Market Outlook
Home-builders were largely spared from the broader market sell-off early this week, but a mix of high home prices, rising mortgage rates, and low home-builder confidence are threatening the future of the housing market.
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Asylum seekers flocking to Toronto overwhelm city's resources
Many of the refugees are staying in college dormitories for the summer, but where they'll stay once school's back in session is unknown.
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Search for housing solutions on Piikani Nation turns to tiny homes
A search for a solution to the Piikani Nation reserve's housing crisis has turned to a pilot project for tiny homes.
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Housing costs
Ben Dachis of the C.D. Howe Institute on the cost of municipal regulations in home ownership.
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Fight against housing costs
Jennifer Keesmaat of Creative Housing Society on giving away free land in Toronto and Vancouver
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Brussels regulates Airbnb accommodation to protect housing market
Have you struggled to find an afforable flat to rent? Well, it might be down to the Airbnb effect. The success of the visitor accommodation platform is making life hard for locals to get a roof over their heads. Brussels is doing...
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UnFAirbnb - is Airbnb lobbying Brussels to veto European cities' regulation?
Have you struggled to find an affordable flat to rent? Well, it might be down to the Airbnb effect. The success of the visitor accommodation platform is making life hard for locals to get a roof over their heads. Brussels is doing...
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'I got here at the wrong time': Patrick Chan on house hunting in Vancouver
'If I was 2 years earlier, I probably would've been able to find the perfect place, but my girlfriend and I love where we are and we have to fight to find a home, but it's worth it.'
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Fort McKay Métis Community buying land from government
The Métis community of Fort McKay, Alta., is buying the land it sits on from the provincial government - in this case, about 200 hectares of territory. The $1.6 million deal was a Canadian first
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Canada's housing market slows, but experts warn it's temporary
Canada's housing market is showing signs of slowing in big markets like Toronto and Vancouver, but experts warn the chill is temporary. Municipal governments have made attempts to cool housing markets that appear to be working, but...
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Tuberculosis still a problem in Canada
Tuberculosis is still a major problem in Canada, particularly in northern Indigenous communities. Inuit peoples in dozens of communities across the Arctic are getting tuberculosis at rates 300 times higher than non-Indigenous people born...
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Housing crisis — are modular homes the solution?
Canada's housing crisis, particularly in Vancouver, is a well-documented problem, one that has been without a fix so far — but some officials believe that modular housing is the solution. Proponents point to plans in other big cities...
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Indigenous funding
Francyne Joe of Native Women's Association of Canada on the budget for Indigenous communities
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Housing picture
Aled ab Iorwerth, deputy chief economist at CMHC, on what fuelled Canada's hot housing market last year
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Why Raleigh, North Carolina Is an Amazon Headquarter Contender
Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane says that the developing city offers Amazon the opportunity to have input in building a favorable transportation structure.