You don’t need to be an expert in housing or property to recognise that the UK has a housing problem. In London, many homes are simply priced out of the market for ordinary people as house prices are so high.…
The hypnotizing architecture of a city that is reaching towards the sky
BY: CONNOR BRIAN The word claustrophobia finds new definition in Hong Kong. The city is one of the most densely populated places in the world, with over 7.2 million people squished inside and the area of just 1,104 square kilometres.…
This college student is living on a train to avoid high rent fees
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Rent can be expensive, landlords can be jerks and roommates are rarely a perfect match, so why put yourself through this misery when you can spend less money by living freely on a train? Instead of staying…
Bulletproof, fireproof, environmentally friendly homes are being made from plastic bottles
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The streets of downtown Toronto are vibrant and busy at all times of the day. During the day business women rapidly click their heels and talk a mile a minute into their cellphones. Students hustle off to…
A city in Canada tried giving free permanent housing to the homeless, and it’s working
BY: DANIEL KORN Since April 2009, the government of Medicine Hat—a city in Alberta—has instituted a Housing First solution to homelessness, which provides subsidized, permanent housing for the homeless. Out of the 1,000 homeless individuals that inhabit the city, 885…
This man built a floating solar-powered fortress made out of 150,000 recycled water bottles
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Off the cost of Isla Mujeres Bay in Cancun, Mexico, environmentalist and architect Richart Sowa lives comfortably on his island made of over 150,000 recycled water bottles. Sowa first built his floating abode in 2005, but harsh…
Berlin just passed a rent-control law so that landlords can’t overcharge
BY: JESSICA BUEKER Berlin has become the first German city to pass rent-control legislation. According to the Guardian, starting Monday landlords will be prohibited from increasing rents by more than 10 per cent above the local average. The new law…
It is cheaper to create housing for homeless than it is to ignore the problem
BY: CONNOR BRIAN It’s a fact that long-term investment will always supersede erratic donation based on the concept that infrastructure-based development is principal in achieving economic growth. According to recent studies, lending a hand to those in need doesn’t just…