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NBC News, January 4, 2022, How 3D printing can be the solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis Using 3D printing to build homes provides numerous benefits, including a decrease in construction time due to the machine’s efficiency. During the process, concrete is extruded from a large machine into layers that form the walls, foundation […]

WBFO/NPR, January 3, 2022, NYC must provide separate housing for trans people in homeless shelters under new settlement New York City must provide dedicated, separate housing for homeless trans and gender non-conforming people in city shelters in four boroughs, according to the terms of a recent legal settlement with Mariah Lopez, an activist with the

Bloomberg Business + Equality, January 7, 2022, Wall Street Is Using Tech Firms Like Zillow To Eat Up Starter Homes A Bloomberg News analysis of more than 100,000 property records shows that Zillow and the two other biggest iBuyers, Opendoor Technologies Inc. and Offerpad Solutions Inc., are selling thousands of homes to landlords backed by KKR & Co., Cerberus Capital Management, Blackstone

NPR, January 7, 2022, Why Some Cities Are Operating Legal Homeless Camps Even In The Dead Of Winter The homelessness crisis, especially in major West Coast metro areas grabs the headlines: tent cities lining freeways and spreading into busy entertainment districts. But every night an untold number of people are also sleeping outside in smaller

I don’t think that businesses have the luxury to think of themselves as disassociated from the communities that we live in, from the economies that we’re a part of.

“Somehow things are to the point where even though there’s that huge demand for relatively low-cost housing, the units aren’t getting produced.”

The housing rebound has been fueled by buyers whose wealth allowed them to win bidding wars often with a high down payment and a bid over asking price.

The scientific method is designed to be indifferent to morals or values, but  “Indigenous knowledge puts them back in.”

As central banks dabble with digital currencies, commercial lenders are ramping up efforts to influence policy and technical plans, according to more than half a dozen industry executives and public filings.

A top policymaker at the Federal Reserve has said the fast-spreading delta COVID-19 variant poses a risk to the rebound in global growth, and said the central bank should be patient in supporting the US recovery.

News organizations are belatedly apologizing for racist journalism that alienated generations of  African-Americans

33 percent rent increases and bidding wars on rentals are the new norm in some parts of America as reopening comes with big price hikes

The bank is shutting down all existing personal lines of credit in coming weeks and has stopped offering the product, according to customer letters reviewed by CNBC.

The big issues are technology, ultra-low rates, capital, and changing demographics.

In Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, at least 1 in 4 tenants was behind on rent as of June 7.