This article is #2 in our Creative housing solutions series. The purpose of these articles will be to promote conversation around affordable housing alternatives that are solutions-based, creative, and even fun. One creative housing solution that is an absolute buzzword these days is shipping container homes. A quick Google search on the topic turns up thousands [Read more… ]
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Creative Housing Solutions Series
Affordable housing seems to be on everyone’s minds these days. According to a 2017 report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the necessary annual household income is “at least $44,120 to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD’s average Fair Market Rent (FMR) of $1,103 per month.” With a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour [Read more… ]
Move Over San Francisco, these Metros are Ranking Higher for Millennials
For many young people in the coastal US who are looking to purchase a home of their own, 2018 may feel like a daunting time to enter the market. With median home prices around $1,500,000 in places like San Francisco and parts of New York City, those seeking to purchase their first home simply can’t [Read more… ]
Where Has My Neighborhood Gone?
Many residents, myself included, have cherished that special sweet spot neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan from Central Park West to Broadway, from West 62nd to West 72nd. Many of the very personal, appealing features of our mini-community, within a large, thriving, culture-laden urban environment, have vanished. The cafés, bodegas, mom and pop [Read more… ]
Skinny Shops on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
Occasionally one comes across tiny shops along the roadside when traveling across country; a coffee kiosk, a fresh fish vendor near the seaside selling out of a trailer, food carts providing warm fresh diversified, often ethnic, ready to-eat-food, and all kinds of purveyors of organic and specialty comestibles at stands at farmers’ markets. However, you [Read more… ]
Buying a Home in New Zealand
My husband and I have just returned from New Zealand where we spent the month of February. During that time we thoroughly investigated the real estate market there. Much to our surprise, we were not the only Americans interested in acquiring a home in New Zealand. As a matter of fact, we were bumping into [Read more… ]
