Every day, 96,000 affordable homes should be built to house the 3 billion people who will need adequate housing by 2030 according to UN-Habitat. The global housing shortage is a crucial problem, yet the construction industry has failed to provide effective and durable solutions to meet these ...
I’m your host, Tanya Ott, and in this episode, we’re discussing approaches and programs that have made a measurable difference in the fight against housing precarity. I am joined by two guests with a wealth of experience from working in this area. First, Josh Hjartarson is global lea...
If the global housing boom is finally running out of steam, how far will prices fall? Analysts at Capital Economics, a consultancy, forecast modest drops of 5-10% in America and Britain. In these countries, homeowners are less likely to be forced to sell by rising mortgage costs since fixe...
Today’s housing shortage isn’t the product of the pandemic. It started over a decade ago as part of the reaction to the Great Recession (aka, the 2008 Housing Crisis). Though the real estate market wasn’t solely responsible for the economic devastation we saw, it was at the epicenter ...
Global Housing Crisis: What’s The Answer?20th September 2019 As countries around the world face a shortage of homes to house growing populations, BUILD Staff Writer Hannah Stevenson discusses the options that could offer an alternative. With numbers of families living together increasingly on the ...
The shortage of housing in big cities can cause severe consequences, and only government action can solve the problem.(话题陈述)To what extent do you agree or disagree? (写作任务)2 解析: 拿到这道考题,有三点值得注意。 一是注意话题陈述部分是一个并列句。其中,and前的内容“大城市住房短缺会引发...
The largest 15 countries by GDP all have a fertility rate below the replacement rate. That includes America and much of the rich world, but also China and India, neither of which together account for more than a third of the global population.GDP最高的15个国家的出生率都低于更替率。这些国家...
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Humans have been damaging the environment ever since we. realized our powers to harness. nature. Global warming and air pollution are now frequent headlines on TV and in the newspapers all Over the world which. keep. reminding us of. ourobligation to protect the environment. However. few actio...
GONZALEZ: Today on the show, three big reasons for the housing shortage and why it's going to take so long to solve it. A lot of people blame baby boomers. But is it really their fault? (SOUNDBITE OF ALESSANDRO RIZZO, D...