Editorial: Millions for Affordable Housing, but Who Stands to Gain?

Column: Call for all to invest in affordable homes | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Honolulu is at a crossroads. Our housing crisis is no longer an abstract policy challenge — it is the defining issue of our generation. Families are struggling to stay, young people are leaving, and 95% of our multifamily housing stock is more than 40 years old. Some of it is unsafe, does not meet current codes, and falls far short of modern standards for affordability, resilience and sustainability.

Editorial: Millions for affordable housing, but who stands to gain?

Becoming a homeowner is tougher than it’s ever been, with prices well out of reach of many wage earners. The government now wants to add hundreds of affordable housing units onto the market, and it has come up with an unorthodox way of doing so.Instead of issuing a tender to design and build the apartments...

Province announces $200 million joint funding for affordable housing › Sunny South News

Southern Alberta Newspapers The Province, along with Ottawa, announced recently the latest round of funding that will be used to support the construction of more than 2,300 affordable housing units in 25 projects across Alberta. A total of $203 million will be invested to support low-income Albertans through the Affordable Housing Partnership Program with the construction of a range of housing options, including mixed-income housing and mixed-us…