Housing Crisis Are 3D Printed Housing Communities Actually on the Horizon? With 3D printed technology, firms say they are able to eliminate about 99% of the waste that normally accumulates during a typical home build.
Housing Crisis Are 3D Printed Housing Communities One Solution to the Housing Crisis? As more Americans are priced out of the housing market are 3D printed housing communities one potential solution?
climate migration Why Climate Migration May Be the Next Crisis on the Horizon Climate migration and subsequent gentrification will accelerate as the United States faces an accelerating sea-level rise, more intense heatwaves, wildfires, and even mega hurricanes, all worsened by a warming planet. Those trends and events will leave more and more of America uninhabitable.
Housing Crisis The Pandemic Has Emptied Out Office Buildings. What Happens Now to All That Space? What office life looks like after the pandemic is still an open question. But real estate experts have no doubt there’s going to be a surge in empty commercial real estate. In many cities, developers say some of the buildings can be redesigned to help address the affordable housing crisis. The practice is called “adaptive reuse” and it’s been used...
Tiny Homes Tiny Homes Are Offering Safety and Dignity to Homeless in California In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.
homelessness Vaccinating Homeless Populations Adds Challenges to Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 Getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of all Americans is hard enough. But vaccinating homeless communities poses additional challenges that are even trickier to overcome. They include getting homeless people to mass vaccination sites or bringing the vaccines to the streets, as well as overcoming their mistrust of health officials. Ben Oreskes, a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, joined...
homelessness An L.A. Program That Kobe Bryant Backed Is Giving Stable Homes to the Homeless and Mentally Ill An L.A. program called Step Up on Second is driven by the philosophy that stable housing is the first step to changing the lives of people struggling with chronic homelessness and mental illness. The program, which was supported by Kobe Bryant before his death, operates a motel-turned-shelter that offers full studio apartments to the people it serves. Among those helped...
Housing Crisis Ripple Effects: Protecting the Unemployed From the Looming Eviction Crisis James Ryan, the President of Time For Homes, joins us to speak about housing insecurity and the growing number of evictions as ripple effects from COVID-19.
Housing Crisis This Advocate for Affordable Rent Proves Anyone Can Be Housing Insecure Laura Bustamante’s job involves helping members of her New Jersey community access affordable housing, despite not making enough money to afford rent herself. Bustamante, who works for the Jersey City Council, walks host Satchel Lee through specific local policies that can help communities across the country facing a housing crisis.
real estate Negotiating Tips for First-Time Home Buyers During the Pandemic Millennial real estate agent Jonathan Alpart addresses how expiring eviction protections due to the coronavirus are affecting the housing market and provides tips for first-time buyers, including talking to your real-estate agent about a COVID-19 Addendum.
