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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

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Spiralling developer debt and stalling projects After a long period of booming urban development, China's property industry is in turmoil, with developers struggling under spiralling debt and construction projects grinding to a halt. Photo by Simbaxu. SZAD has denied any financial dispute in a statement.

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The Proposed Homes Act Would Put $300 Billion Toward Affordable Housing

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Called the Homes Act , the expansive bill would create a public housing option, allocating $300 billion over the next decade to finance a variety of housing programs. The Homes Act would build on "social housing" models seen in places like Montgomery County, Maryland and in Chicago, where part of a recent 1.25

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The Proposed Homes Act Would Put $300 Billion Toward Affordable Housing

Dwell

Called the Homes Act , the expansive bill would create a public housing option, allocating $300 billion over the next decade to finance a variety of housing programs. The Homes Act would build on "social housing" models seen in places like Montgomery County, Maryland and in Chicago, where part of a recent 1.25

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"Cities are branding themselves into predictably unique products"

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The city is increasingly thought of as prop and backdrop for a life lived on Instagram These are just a few of the elements of the city authentic, the third and latest movement of urban development. Otherwise, only the richest firms and families will be left to steward our architectural legacy.

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St. Petersburg Gorskaya Territory Competition

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Jury To Select Competition Finalists For The Development Of Concepts For The Gorskaya Territory. On February 3, at 12:00, a meeting of the Jury of the Open International Competition for architectural and urban development solutions for Gorskaya territory, St. Petersburg Gorskaya Territory Competition News.

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White House announces new guidebook to funding office conversions nationwide

Archinect

The Biden Administration has announced a new initiative aimed at financing office conversions in an effort to combat the growing problem of high vacancy rates and housing affordability in markets large and small across the country. The White House press release says: “Converting commercial real estate to housing a.

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Who owns Baltimore's vacant houses and how to fix them up?

Community Architect Daily

The Mayor's neighborhoods TIF plan Scott's overall housing plan has a few specific innovations, one of them a non contiguous tax increment financing district (TIF) that would leverage future tax revenues to finance immediate investments in neighborhoods. Two bills creating such as district and issuing bonds have been introduced.