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South Florida Experts Discuss Region’s Affordable Housing Problem | WLRN
By Maria Esquinca • Feb 26, 2020 South Florida experts on Tuesday discussed the region’s affordable housing problem during a conference held by the Urban Land Institute. The panel was one of many during the three-day Housing Opportunity 2020 conference in Miami. Low wages coupled with the high cost of living, lead to unaffordable housing.…
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High housing costs, low pay force Florida teachers to stretch limits
High housing costs, low pay force Florida teachers to stretch limits By Ryan McKinnonStaff Writer-www.heraldtribune.comPosted Mar 4, 2020 at 10:25 AM In nearly every corner of Florida, teachers don’t make enough to pay for housing The students in Ms. Stringer’s chemistry class at North Port High School would crack up when Alex Foley, 17, slipped…
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Palm Beach County home sales, prices stay strong — especially in entry-level range
Palm Beach County home prices remained near post-crash highs in July, a reality that poses challenges for would-be buyers like Deanne Lenowitz. Lenowitz and her family are shopping for a home priced at less than $300,000, a search that has proven frustrating. Lenowitz spent the weekend touring eight homes and even made an offer on…
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How Housing Affects Children’s Outcomes
by Veronica Gaitán Housing quality, instability, and unaffordability threaten the well-being of millions of children across the nation. As home prices increase, the gap between rents and incomes continues to widen, and nearly half of today’s renters are cost burdened. Child welfare professionals, educators, and pediatricians can strengthen their work by understanding the central importance…
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Against all odds, progressive land-use reforms are taking root in American cities
By Antonio Pacheco•December 13, 2018 With Minneapolis, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles moving forward with progressive land-use and transportation reforms last week, much of the conventional thinking behind how American cities work could soon be upended. As the converging threats of climate change, housing unaffordability, and pollution continue to hamstring the country’s urban areas,…
