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Enabling housing supply and affordability through infrastructure development

By Oluseyi Okeyode Housing is a basic human need, next to food. Housing plays a vital role in the development of the society, with a profound impact on a person’s living standard,...

Housing and cost of living dominate as Galway West left candidates enter final stretch

Labour’s Helen Ogbu and Social Democrat’s Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich say housing, living costs, and youth emigration are the issues most frequently raised by voters

Agreement signed for 45 social housing units worth RO 1.8m

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and Dar Al Atta'a Association signed a cooperation agreement on Sunday to construct 45 social housing units at a total cost excee...

Govt committed to provide affordable housing, decongest Srinagar: CM Omar

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that the government is planning to develop modern, well-planned housing colonies to decongest Srinagar city, emphasizing that providing dign...

Housing societies in Mumbai can expand leisure facilities free of FSI

Housing societies in Mumbai can now utilize up to 4% of their built-up area for amenities like yogalayas and fitness centers without incurring Floor Space Index (FSI) charges. This...

'Urgent action' needed on lack of social housing

The Executive pledged to spend £115m on new social housing but new figures show only £3m has been made available.

Social housing compensation starts with 130 flats

The Social Cohesion and Family Ministry aims to announce the first housing development tenders through the new institution of “social compensation” by the end of 2026.

We need to build houses people can afford | Letters

Richard Eltringham on the housing crisis not being addressed, and Ryan McKiernan on the need for sustained investment in social housingYour report on homelessness among over‑55s re...

Housing Estate Nokundi project essential for improving residential facilities in promoting urban progress of area: Babar

New push for social housing 

The Greek government has moved to launch the first large-scale social housing initiative in decades by transferring eight state-owned properties for development under a new “social...

Telangana’s 2BHK dreams caught between delays, distance and vacancies

Several beneficiaries of Telangana’s double-bedroom housing scheme continue to wait for their allotted homes as construction remains incomplete. For several low-income families, ri...

Reframing mine housing from allowance to asset

By Rowan Albertyn* South Africa’s mining sector has long been shaped by systems of migrant labour, where employees travelled vast distances from rural homes to industrial centres....

El Camino: Housing Complex for Older Adults and Formerly Unhoused People / FP Arquitectura

El Camino is the city’s largest public infrastructure for housing and social services, where people receive accommodation, food, clothing, and comprehensive care.

Pension de famille des Apennins / CQFD Architecture

"La Pension de famille is my home for as long as I wish." Words spoken by a resident of this social housing residence for people of low-income as well as those in situations of iso...

Casa Selva - Housing for Hospitality Workers / anonimous + g3arquitectos + Jesús Vassallo

The project provides affordable rents for the workers of the local hotel and restaurant industries, who are currently being displaced due to a surge in the cost of housing. The des...

Housing ‘a matter of social cohesion,’ minister says

Housing is an issue of social cohesion for Europe, stated Finance Minister and president of the Eurogroup, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, at the informal Eurogroup meeting in Nicosia on Fri...

1.1 billion people live in slums. Can they be housed in dignity

Ministers, mayors, international organisations, urban planners and experts are in Baku, Azerbaijan, to tackle one of the worlds fastest-growing challenges: the global housing crisi...

Minister discusses housing demand rise

Social Cohesion and Family Minister Domna Michailidou attributed the rise in demand for housing to factors such as an increase in single-parent households, the fact that Greece was...

Construction begins on new social homes in Scottish city

CONSTRUCTION of new social housing in Glasgow has begun in a bid to meet the rising demand for affordable homes in the city ...

Naidu Directs District Collectors To Focus On Housing, Welfare Schemes, Summer Projects

It is estimated that house sites would be required for 2 lakh people. In rural areas, 3 cents would be given to beneficiaries and in urban areas, 2 cents would be allocated. The CM...

Oman housing sector improves services, boosts investment

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has unveiled a series of key indicators highlighting a significant transformation in Oman’s housing and urban development sector,...

Have you got comfort features?

Exactly, people in the UK used to brick up windows. You end up with run down poor condition housing. Bad plan long term. If the Gov are short of tax (aren’t they always) then be u...

Slow response to Edinburgh’s housing emergency shortfall - Iain Whyte

The top concern people raise with politicians at present is the cost of living. In Edinburgh a huge part of that is the costs of housing, yet very few have plans that would get mo...

Ten Social Housing Units in Santa Margalida, Mallorca / Javier Gavín + Siddartha Rodrigo + Juan Moreno + DATAAE

Located in Santa Margalida, a small town in the north of Mallorca, the project proposes a building with 10 social housing units and 10 multipurpose spaces, constructed using local...