Issues and Tools. Living Large in Small Houses. My husband and I think we’ve found a way to pay off our mortgage early, without taking on an extra job or working nights. We’ve decided to construct a rental unit—a “mother-in-law suite”—within our home. If it pans out as we hope, the rental income will let us pay off our loan 10 years early. And who knows: it could give us a chance to live closer to family as we, or they, get on in years. Jason and I are not alone; lots of folks across Cascadia and beyond are experimenting with adding a second (or third) dwelling to an existing single-family home. And in perhaps the most interesting development, more and more people are choosing to buck the “bigger is better” trend in North American housing.
They’re taking small spaces—back yards, side lots, or freestanding garages—and using them to build tiny houses. Here are some of their stories. Akua Schatz and Brendon Purdy’s dream was to live near relatives, but they couldn’t afford a home in Vancouver, BC’s Dunbar neighborhood.
Happiness, well-being and housing policy. Sign In. UN-HABITAT. American Housing Survey. Version 1.2 of Public Use File released on April 1, 2013 2011 AHS National Summary Report tables. 2011 AHS public use file (v1.2). 2011 AHS webinar slides (ppt, pdf), took place on October 23, 2012 A recent interview by Shawn Bucholtz with Federal News Radio on the American Housing Survey, providing a comprehensive overview of its purpose and methodology. Disability and Accessibility Variables in the American Housing Market This webinar features one of PD&R's Senior Economists, David Vandenbroucke, discussing the 2011 AHS topical module that covers accessibility features.
The AHS is the largest, regular national housing sample survey in the United States. The U.S. The AHS contains a wealth of information that can be used by professionals in nearly every field for planning, decisionmaking, market research, or various kinds of program development. AHS Public Use Files AHS Resources. So you want to build a house. Urban Homeworks: Fighting Foreclosure, One House at a Time. Start a Community Development Corporation. To start a community development corporation, you need to take these steps: define the community need and geographic boundaries find some like-minded individuals form a steering committee discuss and refine your statement of need and preferred focus areas determine whether you will duplicate efforts of any existing organization, and if so, try to join or reform it share your vision informally with some community members and incorporate their criticisms and priorities provide a face-to-face forum in which interested individuals are invited to learn of the vision of the steering committee think about how you will have enough money to do what you want to do consult an attorney, determine the legal form of the corporation, and recruit and name an initial board of directors actually start a community development corporation, get some money together, apply for non-profit status providing you want it Many more tips and things to consider follow.
Determining Duplication of Effort Money for CDCs. National Day of Action to Occupy Our Homes Welcome to Urban Habitat | Urban Habitat. Housing is a Human Right. Housing is a Human Right in Social Justice. Auctioneer: Hold All The Sales Right Now! Occupy Our Homes. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Visits Brooklyn, NY. Bike & Build: Hitting the road for housing | Social Justice. Bike & Build participants spend their summers trekking across the U.S. building houses along the way. For Brittany Simmerman, a first-year law student at Indiana University Law-Indianapolis, the program offered invigorating summers that instilled in her a deep devotion to the affordable housing cause. And now she is calling on Indy to support the non-profit organization made up of young adults who bike cross-country and build homes in some of America's poorest areas. The ages of Bike & Build participants range from 18 to 25.
The program wants young adults who just finished high school or undergraduate work because "the housing issue is something our generation is going to have to deal with. Bike & Build is educating leaders and since we're young, we're still impressionable and open to helping," Simmerman said. Last summer, her first in Bike & Build, was enough to hook her for life. The program is "like a drug, you crave Bike & Build," she said. Soon after, she joined Bike & Build. Bike & Build - Home. Habitat for Humanity Int'l. Rebuilding Together. Common Ground. Category:Housing/gentrification - Social Justice Wiki.