When this Shanghai building went into COVID lockdown, my WeChat group exploded: NPR

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April 30, 2022

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A policeman watches residen...

How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID

William E. Wilkinson

April 30, 2022

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TAIPEI – Several districts of Shanghai installs metal barriers last weekend as part of the city's battle against a COVID-19 outbreak, in a move that has sparked protests and anger from some residents.Workers dr...

As Ukrainian refugees flee west, Lviv’s apartment rental market adapts to new reality

William E. Wilkinson

April 29, 2022

Apartment Rentals

LVIV – Since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people from the east of the country have sought temporary refuge in western...

How they work, cost, alternatives

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April 29, 2022

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Title loans use your car as collateral, which means the lender can repossess your car if you don't pay. Title...

Brownfield Authority approves funding for new workforce housing development on Carver Street

William E. Wilkinson

April 29, 2022

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The Grand Traverse County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) approved just over $175,000 in grants Thursday for a HomeStretch development that will bring 10 new rental apartments to Carver Street. The ap...

Valley News – Homeless apartment complex in Hartford sparks support and criticism

William E. Wilkinson

April 28, 2022

Apartment Building

HARTFORD – A proposal for an apartment building aimed at the homeless population drew support on Monday night from people hoping to make a dent in the housing crisis and opposition from neighboring residents c...

W. Golf to Host NCAA Regional Championship May 9-11

William E. Wilkinson

April 27, 2022

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – The Florida State Golf Program and Seminole Legacy Golf Course will host the NCAA Women's Division I Regional Golf Championship in Tallahassee May 9-11. Wit...

Hi-Way targets 30-40% growth in auto title loans

William E. Wilkinson

April 27, 2022

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Tisco Financial Group's microfinance arm, Hi-Way Co, has set an ambitious target for auto loan growth of 30-40% this year, driven by stronger demand for loans in line with the the country's...

Lessons learned from housing policy during COVID-19

William E. Wilkinson

April 27, 2022

Apartment Rentals

To help American households in distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has put in place a variety of programs and policies to help renters and homeowners with mortgage...

Five-story, $17 million condominium project proposed in West Allis

William E. Wilkinson

April 26, 2022

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A five-story condominium building containing a mix of townhouses and condos is proposed for National Avenue in West Allis.Transit Oriented Development, LLC is seeking to combine two properties on the south side...

FBI team and San Jose police search for kidnapped infant Brandon Alexis Cuellar – CBS San Francisco

William E. Wilkinson

April 26, 2022

Apartment Building

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — An FBI forensics team swarmed a San Jose apartment complex and surrounding neighborhood early Tuesday, looking for clues in the search for abducted three-month-old baby Brandon Alexis Cuella...

Plans released for final phase of Barangaroo compound

William E. Wilkinson

April 26, 2022

Central Apartments

projects for a A $2.5 billion scheme for Central Barangaroo on Sydney Harbor has been released under a project development agreement between the New South Wales government...

32 Displaced, 2 Cats Rescued After Laurel Building Fire

William E. Wilkinson

April 24, 2022

Apartment Building

32 displaced after Laurel building fire The Red Cross is helping 32 displaced people after a fire broke out in an apartment building in North Laurel, Maryland. LAUREL, MD. - More than 30 people are displa...

New York budget includes funds to ease housing crisis, says Senator Michelle Hinchey – Daily Freeman

William E. Wilkinson

April 23, 2022

Apartment Rentals

SAUGERTIES, NY — A state senator from Saugerties says she has secured more than $260 million in funding aimed at helping ease the housing crisis. Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, said Thursday that as part ...

Fire affects 24 units at Orlando apartment complex, displaces at least 6, officials say

William E. Wilkinson

April 23, 2022

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ORLANDO, Florida. - Orange County Fire Rescue responded Saturday morning to a fire at an apartment complex in Orlando that crews say caused extensive damage to at least a dozen units and resulted in the hospita...

How online title loans can help you out of a financial crisis

William E. Wilkinson

April 23, 2022

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If you're like most people, you've probably had to deal with a financial pinch at some point in your life. This can be a very difficult situation to get out of, but there are options available to ...

the spiral staircase wraps around the lush courtyard in the Yohei Kawasaki apartment complex in Japan

William E. Wilkinson

April 23, 2022

Apartment Building

apartment complex in Miyakojima by Yohei Kawashima Architects In Miyakojima City, Okinawa, JapanYohei Kawashima Architects built a five-story building apartment complex organized around a center Yard. Due to ...

The company behind Silver Oaks Apartments operates 10 other properties in Tampa Bay. We want to hear from these residents | Tampa Bay News | Tampa

William E. Wilkinson

April 22, 2022

Central Apartments

Click to enlarge Justin Garcia The sign above the rental desk at Silver Oaks Apartments in East Tampa. Over the past two weeks, the problems at Silver Oaks Apartments in East Tampa h...

Canada’s Huge Housing Deficit Requires Government Action

William E. Wilkinson

April 22, 2022

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Breadcrumb Links Opinion Op-Ed Opinion: Will Ottawa's $14 billion injection to accelerate construction of affordable housing, more rental housing and co-ops, even a tax-free savings accoun...

Developer sells Bergenfield apartments for $23m in 1031 swap

William E. Wilkinson

April 21, 2022

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A rendering of 15 West Johnson Avenue in Bergenfield (Kislak Company) A real estate tax break on the Biden administration's chopping block is at the center of a $23 million multifamily deal in New Jersey. ...

Construction will soon begin on the new development of small apartments

William E. Wilkinson

April 21, 2022

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The development, named Bruno, will feature units ranging in size from 308 to 703 square feet. Some 3,000 square feet on the ground floor will house retail businesses. A new “tiny house” st...

Wellfleet to buy Mauritius campground for $6.5m, if voters approve

William E. Wilkinson

April 20, 2022

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WELLFLEET - Taking advantage of a "unique opportunity", the Select Board has agreed to buy Maurice's campground for $6.5 million, a deal the board says could go a long way to providing affordable housing.On Fri...

‘They’re trying to drive us out of here’: Residents of Gainesville apartment complex face eviction

William E. Wilkinson

April 19, 2022

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After the eviction notices were published, Avita CEO Cindy Levi threatened to sue for discrimination, and Alexander Properties Group agreed to extend the move-out date to May 1. Levi said he met the group on Ap...

Borough of Ephrata Delays Decision on New Apartment Building | Community News

William E. Wilkinson

April 19, 2022

Apartment Building

When: Ephrata Borough Council meeting, April 11.What happened: The borough cou...

Downtown Aiken Plans Win Approvals; now it’s your turn

William E. Wilkinson

April 18, 2022

Central Apartments

AIKEN, SC (WRDW/WAGT) — A proposal to create a commercial and residential promenade that would include substantial improvements to the Newberry Street Festival Center has been approved by three community econom...

Madison Cowan Accused of Failing to Pay Brooklyn Apartment Rent

William E. Wilkinson

April 17, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Madison Cowan (Getty/Google) He is preparing a controversy. The New York Post reports that celebrity chef Madison Cowan has taken his rent off the table since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, and his la...

18 social housing units in Valenton / Benjamin Fleury Architect-Urbanist

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April 17, 2022

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18 social housing units in Valenton / Benjamin Fleury Architect-Urbanist © David Boureau+ 27 Share ShareFacebookTwi...

The actual building where Vivian’s apartment scenes were filmed in Pretty Woman

William E. Wilkinson

April 17, 2022

Apartment Building

No behind-the-scenes trickery here, folks! "Pretty Woman" was actually filmed in Los Angeles, and many of the locations you see in the film, such as the Los Angeles Equestrian Center where Vivi...

Steeped in history, the center of Palermo in Sicily offers sun, sea and spectacular historic mansions

William E. Wilkinson

April 16, 2022

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Named "the kingdom of the sun" by the Norman invaders in the 12th century, the Sicilian capital of Palermo is one of the sunniest places in Europe, with over 2,500 hours of sunshine per year. Located wh...

County Planning Commission – Royal Examiner

William E. Wilkinson

April 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

(Update/Correction: The reference below to Melissa Chappell-White's assertions that POSF may owe decades of back debt to the county has been corrected to indicate that this possibility revolves a...

Zoners hear of proposed apartment building on Woods Services property

William E. Wilkinson

April 15, 2022

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Artist's impression of a proposed 42-unit apartment building and surrounding features. The building would be constructed on part of the Woods Services campus in Middletown Township. A numb...

Southold eyes new bill to allow more affordable flats

William E. Wilkinson

April 14, 2022

Apartment Building

Southold Town Council is considering another version of an amendment that would ...

Housing Watch: New affordable housing complex is coming to downtown Fresno

William E. Wilkinson

April 14, 2022

Central Apartments

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) - A central Fresno building along Blackstone Avenue housed a tuxedo shop and a music store long before that.But rehabilitation work will soon begin to turn the structure into a 41-unit aff...

Springfield residents hold housing vigil to advocate for housing assistance

William E. Wilkinson

April 12, 2022

Apartment Rentals

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) — A community vigil was held in Springfield Tuesday night by people advocating for housing assistance.It came as the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, is set t...

Cities are turning empty office buildings into apartments — Quartz

William E. Wilkinson

April 12, 2022

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Business districts have a vacancy problem. The white-collar workers in the United States who fled inner cities at the start of the pandemic have not yet all returned. Even though some big employers like Googl...

Lottery winner doesn’t want a luxury apartment building on the Gold Coast

William E. Wilkinson

April 12, 2022

Apartment Building

A Sydneysider who bagged five stunning apartments on the Gold Coast admitted he was not interested in the price, opting to sell instead.A man who won a multi-million pound building with sea views in a lottery d...

Video shows Shanghai residents shouting from apartments, expert says China may be reaching ‘breaking point’

William E. Wilkinson

April 11, 2022

Central Apartments

Healthcare workers seen next to food delivered by the local government in Shanghai on Sunday. (AFP)Shanghai residents, frustrated by the harsh COVID-19 lockdown, can be heard screaming from their apartments in...

Council seeks O’Devaney Gardens apartments for rental scheme

William E. Wilkinson

April 10, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Dublin City Council officials are continuing to seek a deal that would see 80% of the 1,047 homes planned for the former O'Devaney Gardens site retained as 'public housing'....

“You shouldn’t treat someone like that” – The Virginian-Pilot

William E. Wilkinson

April 10, 2022

Apartment Units

All last winter, before going to bed, Tanya Wade bundled up in a hat, coat and gloves.Its heat does not work. And the sliding glass door to her apartment's bedroom doesn't close completely. So when temperatur...

The Green Silhouette Residential Building / Archismith Architects

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April 10, 2022

Apartment Building

The Green Silhouette Residential Building / Archismith Architects © W-Workspace+ 34 Share ShareFacebookTwitterpinte...

Affordable Apartments in Atlanta (College Park, GA) | $900 and over | Lifewnikk

William E. Wilkinson

April 9, 2022

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Generation ZSocial media has grown steadily since the initial launch of Myspace in 2003. Since then, social media was not just a place where we upload our happy moments and accomplishments, but it has become a ...

BC tenant sees little in federal budget to put homeownership within reach

William E. Wilkinson

April 9, 2022

Apartment Rentals

People who study BC's hot real estate market are skeptical. The new federal rules announced Thursday will go a long way to making home ownership more affordable for residents of the province. The Liberal gove...

Some locals hate it, but Fountain Valley apartment complex is small step to easing housing crisis – Orange County Register

William E. Wilkinson

April 8, 2022

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Fountain Valley is not a metropolis, and the residents like it that way. Case in point: the two tallest buildings in the city, the Hyundai Motor America Headquarters and the Orange Coast Patient Care Pavilion, ...

This Prefab ‘Second Skin’ Makes Obsolete Apartment Buildings Net Zero

William E. Wilkinson

April 8, 2022

Apartment Building

Inside a German factory, robots assemble molded panels to precisely fit the walls of an old building like a second skin, with built-in insulation designed to help the building dramatically reduce its energy con...

HOT START RENTAL IN LEHIGH HILLS LUXURY RENTAL COMMUNITY | The Valley Register

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April 8, 2022

Central Apartments

Featured Image: Lehigh Hills Model Residence – Photo by First Look LLC Clubhouse now open; Tenants flock to All Points Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia UPPER MACUNGIE, Pennsylvania – Lehigh Hills, the new...

Bidding wars come to New York rental market as prices rise

William E. Wilkinson

April 7, 2022

Apartment Rentals

New York is back, baby — and its notoriously high cost of living, too. As offices reopen and residents return from their pandemic hideouts, a number of rental bidding wars have begun...

Economist discusses the detriment of payday loans and title loans

William E. Wilkinson

April 7, 2022

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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) — During the East Texas Human Needs Network's Fair Lending luncheon, an economist spoke about the detrimental effects of payday loans and title loans on low-income people and Tyler's economy...

Dusit Thani begins selling luxury residential project in Bangkok to Singapore buyers amid hotel losses

William E. Wilkinson

April 7, 2022

Apartment Units

An artist's rendition of Dusit Central Park, which will occupy 3.7 hectares of prime real estate in ... the junction of Silom and Rama IV roads in central Bangkok. Dusit Thani Du...

After five years, potential Sartell apartment complex still awaits approval

William E. Wilkinson

April 6, 2022

Apartment Building

Schultz says around 130 units, with a different mix, is needed for profitability.“A majority of them should be one bedroom apartments, and you can't build a property while most of them are one bedroom apartmen...

Judge revokes permit for Southborough Park Central development

William E. Wilkinson

April 6, 2022

Central Apartments

The proposed Park Central development would have occupied space off Route 9 near the Southborough/Westborough town line. (Photo/Dakota Antelman) SOUTHBOROUGH — A Worcester County Superior Court judge last mo...

Fannie Mae to Offer Incentive for Charlotte Businesses to Take Rental Vouchers | WFAE 90.7

William E. Wilkinson

April 5, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Charlotte is one of three cities where Fannie Mae will offer lower financing to developers and rental property owners who agree to take on people using vouchers.Charlott...

Seven-unit DC condominium prices start at $675,000

William E. Wilkinson

April 5, 2022

Apartment Units

The developer bought a townhouse on the site in 2020 and replaced it with the seven-unit boutique condo building, which has a brick facade in a classic style common on Capitol Hill. It features a pair of two-s...

SF firefighters rescue two people from four-story building fire

William E. Wilkinson

April 5, 2022

Apartment Building

April 4, 2022 San Francisco firefighters rescued two people from a four-story building that caught fire in the Ashbury Heights nei...

Renters pay double for downtown apartments

William E. Wilkinson

April 4, 2022

Central Apartments

Market News Renters pay double for downtown apartments Tuesday 05 April 2022 A view of Nairobi's central business district (CBD) on June 23, 2021. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG By Edna MwendaMor...

Local landlord and real estate agent hit by rising and rising rental rates

William E. Wilkinson

April 3, 2022

Apartment Rentals

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) — As home prices and rents hit a new high, many people are struggling to make ends meet.As Action 2 News previously reported, the national median rent was $1,792 two months ago.That's a 1...

Fire destroys 6 apartments in New Hope

William E. Wilkinson

April 3, 2022

Apartment Units

Firefighters say one person was hospitalized but no one was killed in Sunday's apartment fire in New Hope. NEW HOPE, Minn. — An apartment fire damaged six units and affected three others in...

One dead after crashing into Jackson apartment complex

William E. Wilkinson

April 3, 2022

Apartment Building

A man has died after crashing into a Jackson apartment building. Residents said the wreckage occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when they heard a loud commotion. They went out to see what h...

Ourânia building is a boutique apartment building of MK27

William E. Wilkinson

April 3, 2022

Central Apartments

São Paulo boutique apartment building draws inspiration from warm Brazilian modernism Studio MK27's Ourânia building in São Paulo takes boutique urban housing to the ne...

Rental property owners continue to oppose bill requiring subsidized housing | Granite City News

William E. Wilkinson

April 2, 2022

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South Ogden projects will add 1,000 homes to town | News, Sports, Jobs

William E. Wilkinson

April 2, 2022

Apartment Units

The Hilltop apartment development at 4400 South and Washington Boulevard in South Ogden, pictured Friday, April 1, 2022. ...

1 woman dead in New Rochelle building fire, housing stores and offices in Westchester County

William E. Wilkinson

April 1, 2022

Apartment Building

NEW ROCHELLE, Westchester County (WABC) – A woman was killed in an early morning building fire that continued to burn into the afternoon in downtown New Rochelle.The fire started in the Hamilton Avenue building...

In Israel, it is the only golf game in the city and the country

William E. Wilkinson

April 1, 2022

Central Apartments

In the Israeli coastal city of Caesarea, demand for homes with views of Caesarea Golf Club, the country's only golf course, has skyrocketed. Require playing on the course itself, not so much."I don't remember ...

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