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China Is Building a City 3X Bigger Than New York: Housing and Urban Policy

  • Posted on March 27, 2018March 23, 2018
  • by jcrites

A few years ago I told a group of friends in Germany that I had been in more European cities than American.  In fact, in 2015 at the age of…

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  • Collaborative housing

The Aftermath of the Dutch Social Housing Act of 2015

  • Posted on February 27, 2018February 18, 2018
  • by jcrites

Linda Dreier | Patrick Kammerzelt | Philipp Ringswirth | Marlene Samhaber | Julia Staufer The Consequences of the Housing Act 2015 revisited Compared to the Netherlands as a whole, social…

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  • Migration to cities

How cities can cope with migration

  • Posted on February 8, 2018February 3, 2018
  • by ISHF team

“We need to rethink our cities, so they can better cope with migration. It’s not a temporally situation but a permanent one,” states Michelle Provoost of Crimson Architectural Historians. She…

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  • Housing policy

Public Housing in New Orleans: Looking Back 12 Years After Hurricane Katrina

  • Posted on January 31, 2018
  • by jcrites

New Orleans is one of America’s finest cities.  A mixture of culture, arts, music, food and entertainment make it one of the most popular cities for domestic and international travelers. …

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  • Collaborative housing

Social Housing in Amsterdam is Helping to Solve the Urban Refugee Crisis

  • Posted on January 15, 2018January 12, 2018
  • by wrhaynes7

Amidst the so-called refugee crisis, our cities have become home to a new form of city-dweller: the urban refugee. According to UNHCR, 60% of refugees worldwide reside in urban environments.…

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  • Migration to cities

^HousingFutures’ 2017: Migration

  • Posted on December 20, 2017December 14, 2017
  • by Pepijn Bakker

This week we will look back on ^HousingFutures’ articles of 2017. One of our main topics was migration, here is our retrospective. The difference between the Global North (or better:…

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  • Housing for the global south

Affordable Housing in the Middle East and North Africa: Can Supply Keep Up With Demand?

  • Posted on October 17, 2017October 17, 2017
  • by jcrites

Affordable housing around the world is always in need and most often not supplied in the manner that is required.  Developed western nations struggle and the same struggles are felt…

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  • Migration to cities

5 Creative Housing Ideas for Refugees

  • Posted on October 15, 2017
  • by jcrites

Whether they are coming from terrible political situations, war or even fleeing climate change, the number of refugees needing shelter should be expected to go up in the future.  Sometimes…

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  • Migration to cities

3 things we learned at the International Social Housing Festival

  • Posted on October 5, 2017October 6, 2017
  • by Pepijn Bakker

Everyone working in on social housing will recognize that despite all good intentions and efforts of politicians, activists and even market parties, realization and maintaining of a decent social housing…

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  • Housing for the global south

The Rise and Fall of Venezuelan Social Housing?

  • Posted on October 3, 2017
  • by jcrites

Venezuela has been going through political unrest that is testing all parts of the countries systems.  Everything from food to housing and public transportation have been affected by the issues…

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