A. Because people don't want to live in urban areas. B. Because the government doesn't care about housing. C. Because the demand for housing increases as the population grows. D. Because housing is too E. xpensive F. or everyone. ...
Why oppose affordable housing?(CANADA)Burch, Brian
ETHIOPIA’S flagship social-housing programme is probably the most ambitious in Africa. But for most locals the houses are still barely affordable. The poor cannot afford the down payment for even the most subsidised units. And those who can often struggle to meet repayments, opting instead to...
In some countries, there is not enough recycling of waste materials (e.g. paper, glass, and cans). What are the reasons and what can be done to solve this problem? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 ...
it occurred to Majorca that the island no longer belonged to them. Its 630,000 inhabitants(居民)are increasingly convinced that the 14 million visitors a year are far too much of a good thing. Water is in short supply, pollution is worsening, and there is no affordable housing left for th...
including southern states such as Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas. This growth is not limited to the sun states; there are development hotspots throughout the nation, as people are free to choose where to live outside the boundaries of brick and mortar worksites, and investors and developers...
Housing, meanwhile, is scarce with both rental and homeowner housing vacancies near 20-year lows, and sales and rental prices continuing to climb. The problem is even more acute in major metropolitan regions such as Boston, New York City and the Bay Area. ...
Not only does this shortage have large and obvious human costs, it is also adding to the country’s stagnating economy, many across the political spectrum agree. “It’s incredibly hard to get economic growth unless there are spare homes for the workers that growing, high-wage firms want to...
“I think municipalities are seeing that what we’re doing is not working. We have to use every tool we have to move these projects forward or we’re not going to have any workforces in our city.” The central ethos of the Burnaby Housing Authority is to create homes that rent at 20...
There are at least two conclusions — which, if I’m reading it right, sort of work against each other. The first conclusion is that rent control doesn’t help many people for very long, in part because it constrains the supply of affordable housing. The second conclusion is that just ...