International Observatory on Social Housing
Examine the world of social housing from an international perspective.
What is Public Housing? There is often a lot of misunderstanding around what public housing is. I am not going to give a written history of what is public housing. For the history you can simply read up on quality websites like this one. If you are simply wondering what is public housing, I will... Continue Reading →
Finding affordable housing online is not always easy. Sometimes websites are not easy to use and or you might not know exactly where to go when looking for affordable housing online. Here are some tips to use: Public Housing Authority: If you are extremely low income and searching for affordable housing online, look to see... Continue Reading →
The Baltimore Public Housing Authority serves almost 20,000 residents. Public housing Baltimore also has over 11,000 units and includes over two dozen family properties, mixed buildings and sites for seniors and single family housing. The Baltimore Housing Authority is also a Moving to Work (MTW) housing authority which gives them more financial and regulatory... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday, somewhere in the neighborhood of 12,000 refugees arrived in Munich in one single day. The large number puts a punctuation point on what is quickly becoming a race against time to find, build and provide enough housing for the new arrivals especially before winter comes. The German government decided last week to commit... Continue Reading →
Overview The population of Cologne is around 1.016 million. That makes the city around the 4th biggest in the entire country. Population estimates show that Cologne is expected to grow in the upcoming years. I believe the prognoses that are out there now will change dramatically and believing anything right now is dangerous. With the... Continue Reading →
I visited the German city of Kiel in late July of 2015. I met with Emily Sittel from the department of Housing and Social Help. Attending the meeting from the Ihre Forderbank was Imme Reiben-Mucha a specialist in real estate funding. We discussed the theme of social housing in the city of Kiel and how... Continue Reading →
The city of Leipzig is an interesting case study in rapid population decline, slow steady growth and change/maturation of the housing market. Leipzig as a city is becoming a sexy trend in many magazines and newspapers that claim it is now the place where people should be moving. Many citizens believe the press is nothing... Continue Reading →
Berlin is known as a dynamic city with reasonable costs of living compared to other European capitals. Because of this reputation, Berlin’s population over the last decade grew while inflicting new pressures on the increasingly tight housing market. Once a city where a flat could be had for a few hundred euro’s a month is... Continue Reading →
Hamburg growth in the 1980's was not as strong as other areas of Germany because of structural changes. Since the 90s, the picture has changed. With the unification of Germany, Hamburg made economic strides, especially in international trading and business. Hamburg is also seen as an attractive city independently of its development of knowledge and service centers.... Continue Reading →
Article: The Finnish Homeless Strategy Summarized by Josh Crites Overview Finland recently completed a second phase of a national program intended to dramatically reduce homelessness. What is different with the Finnish approach is the country came together to create a national strategy with a total effort on using the Housing First model. The summary report... Continue Reading →
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