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A housing project in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo/VCG] President Xi Jinping has said "houses are built to be lived in, not for speculation". In this context, the pilot for joint property rights housing implemented by Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban Rural Development is an important move to cool down the heated housing market in the capital. According to a document, the government and the homebuyers will jointly own the policy- based housing units , with the government granting the buyers the right to use the property. Since the Beijing municipal government will provide policy support for the construction of joint property rights housing , the price of such housing units will be lower than commercial property in the same neighborhood. However, the homebuyers' right to use the property will be partly restricted. Different from economically affordable housing , joint property rights housing is a kind of limited property rights housing , becau...

“It’s kind of in my bloodline,” said Jack Barr. Contests, events & more from Tyee and select partners His great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all Freemasons. Barr followed in their footsteps, and is the president of the Vancouver Masonic Centre Association today . As political scientist Robert Putnam noted in his famous work Bowling Alone , community groups like the Freemasons have been declining for the last few decades. Religious groups like the Roman Catholic Knights of Columbus, military groups like Legions, service clubs like Rotary and Kiwanis, even youth scouting groups and bowling leagues have seen participation plummet. Some longtime churches have also seen congregations shrink dramatically . Barr says freemasonry’s most recent heyday was the late-1960s and early-1970s. But the organizations are still around, and many own property. A number of groups are facing the question of what to do with their land and buildings as needs change, along with their abili...

When Matt Metzger and Carly Wingert showed up to view apartments early Friday afternoon at a complex on the south end of town, the property management office was closed. Another tenant pointed them to the mailbox with applications they could take and fill out. But it was empty. So they were off to make more calls. They'd already looked at a couple of places, including one that still was under renovation. "The struggle is real," Wingert said, still cheerful nonetheless. "It's not easy at all," Metzger said. After looking at just a handful of units, they were already talking about how to adjust their budget and possibly work overtime to afford a suitable home.  Wingert and Metzger plan to finish their degrees at the University of Montana — he's studying wildlife biology and she's interested in literature and the environment. They're among a slew of students looking for housing around the same time. Despite all the construction that's been ...

This letter to the editor was received from Clark Senior Housing President Bill Caruso .  We, the Clark Senior Housing Corp ., would like to let all the residents, especially the new residents in town, know that the Clark Senior Housing Corp is a private, non-profit company, not associated with any township's governmental agency. The Senior Housing Corp . was organized to encourage the town to plan and build affordable housing . In December 2000, we came before the Mayor and council to ask them for help for this noble project. We were told that the town had no money to spend on senior housing or any land left to build it on. We were also told to find the money and land ourselves and then they will see what they can do to help us out. The plan was always to help our seniors on fixed incomes that could no longer afford the high taxes on their homes, to find affordable housing in town so they can stay dose to their loved ones. We never would support building luxury adult apartments...

Jorge M. Perez and his Related Group are bullish on Tampa Bay. How bullish? Some $350 million worth. That's how much the Miami-based company has invested so far in the area, particularly in the city of Tampa. "We love cities, and this is a can-do city," says Perez, who founded Related in 1979 and built it into one of the nation's largest real estate conglomerates . PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Related Group breaks ground on complex at old Tampa Tribune site Perez was in Tampa on Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of Manor Riverwalk, Related's 400- unit luxury apartment project where the Tampa Tribune once stood; and a visit to the site of Town Westshore, where Related plans 396 apartments in the Westshore Marina District near the Gandy Bridge. The company also expects to start construction in September on the 368-unit Icon St. Petersburg in the city's Edge District, and is lead developer on Tampa's $750- million West River redevelopment . In an interv...

NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greystone, a real estate lending , investment and advisory company , today announced its closing of a $550,000, 000 permanent Freddie Mac loan made to joint-venture partners The Moinian Group and SL Green Realty Corp . for Sky Residences (“Sky”), one of Manhattan’s premier mixed-use residential buildings . The Greystone Bassuk debt advisory team , led by Richard Bassuk and Drew Fletcher, represented the Borrower and assisted in obtaining the Freddie Mac loan through Greystone’s Affordable Lending team . The transaction marks the largest-ever single-asset tax- exempt financing completed by Freddie Mac and a first-of-its- kind private placement structure that includes permanent financing for hundreds of affordable housing units in New York City. Steve Rosenberg , CEO of Greystone, together with Billy Posey, Joe Mosley, and Jeff Englund, collaborated with Freddie Mac on the structure for Moinian and SL Green, and spearheaded the loan proc...

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New study from Zillow shows a 5 percent rent increase in Seattle would mean hundreds more on the streets By Kirsten O’Brien , SeattlePI Published 4:52 pm, Friday, August 4, 2017 Photo: Ablokhin/iStock Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Image 1 of 17 Scroll through the slideshow for a look at the one- bedroom July rents in 15 Seattle neighborhoods. Scroll through the slideshow for a look at the one- bedroom July rents in 15 Seattle neighborhoods. Photo: Ablokhin/iStock Image 2 of 17 15. West Queen Anne Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,750 15. West Queen Anne Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,750 Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Image 3 of 17 14. Green Lake Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,790 14. Green Lake Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,790 Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Image 4 of 17 13. Stevens ( Northeast Capitol Hill ) Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,790 13. Stevens ( Northeast Capitol Hill ) Median one- bedroom July rent : $1,790 Photo: Jim Bennett/Get...

David Engberg wheels through the third apartment he’s had in two years. PHOTO BY KARLOS RENE AYALA David Engberg and James Clark cling to their independence by a thread. Both men were born with cerebral palsy and live off Supplemental Security Income , or SSI—a stipend that puts them under the federal poverty line . So far, they’ve managed to keep a roof over their heads by splitting the cost of rent. But since the affordable housing crisis hit , the roommates have been priced out of two apartments in just two years. The stressful shuffling was witnessed by Jennifer Schmidt, their case manager at InAlliance, a nonprofit that provides employment and living services for people with disabilities. Advocates such as Schmidt are becoming increasingly alarmed by the way skyrocketing rents are affecting Sacramento County ’s 14, 000 disabled residents . Several independent surveys suggest Sacramento is experiencing some of the largest rent increases in the nation. Few feel those tectonic ma...