Why hospitals are building housing →
As people’s homes become bulwarks against the pandemic, funding for health care is being spent on housing. Maybe they were the same thing all along. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreHow much do our oversized McMansions need to shrink to be sustainable? →
If the world used resources sustainably and equitably, the average home for a single person would be no larger than 215 square feet, and a four-person family would live in no more than 860 square feet. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThis village for the homeless just got a new addition: 3D-printed houses →
Icon, the Austin-based startup that designed the 3D printer, is building six small homes on the site, called Community First! Village, and recently began using the same technology to build homes in Mexico for people living in extreme poverty, creating the world’s first 3D-printed neighbourhood. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCalifornia to make state buildings available to house homeless →
California's homeless population soared 16% last year to around 151,000 with a statewide scarcity of affordable housing one of the root causes. PLACE
Read MoreTalking to your neighbours is mandatory if you live here →
You can only live in this block of flats if you are under 25 or a pensioner - and you have to socialise. It's all part of a plan to help tackle loneliness. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe world’s first 3D-printed neighbourhood now has its first houses →
A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house. Could this be part of the global housing solution? FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe websites helping renters fight rogue landlords →
It was a dispute over a missing bed cover that sparked the idea for Marks Out Of Tenancy - a website that allows renters to rate their past landlords. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThis Eco Villa in Utrecht produces all of its own energy through solar power →
Dubbed the Eco Villa, the 2,000-square-foot modern home slots in perfectly with its green and environmentally minded surroundings with an emphasis on natural materials, sustainability and the use of renewable energy. INHABITAT
Read MoreAmerica has a housing segregation problem. Seattle may just have the solution. →
Economist Raj Chetty found the program has “the largest effect I’ve ever seen in a social science intervention.” VOX
Read MoreDementia and how to change your house to make life easier →
A house in the UK designed especially to help people with dementia is inspiring families, care-home owners and council workers to make changes to their own homes. BBC NEWS
Read MoreAre these fireproof, hurricane-proof geodesic domes the post-climate change house of the future? →
Geoship is touting the bioceramic geodesic dome as the home of the future—and getting help on the rollout from Zappos, which wants to build some near its headquarters to give to the homeless. FAST COMPANY
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