Houston’s midcentury modern homes are hiding in plain sight. Here’s where to look.
Houston Chronicle: Business//Real Estate By Katherine Feser, Staff writer Dec 20, 2024 Houston’s vast stock of ranch-style houses is diminishing, one teardown at a time, and with them go pockets of midcentury modern homes, the flashier sibling of the more humble single-story residences. For...
How not to make housing affordable
ECONOMIC NEWS Barron’s America’s housing crisis isn’t going away—Even with rate cuts and help from D.C. Today’s housing market is either a bounty of riches or a landscape of despair, depending on your side of the fence. (Subscription may be required.)...
Cottage Housing Development
BACKGROUND AND GUIDELINESIntroductionOne way to address the region’s environmental sustainability and housing affordability issues isto build smaller houses. Cottage housing is an innovative style of development based on the idea of “better, not bigger.” Although it faces the same obstacles...
50 Best Tiny House Ideas: Creative and Efficient Designs for Small Living Spaces
Written By Ash I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of tiny houses. These compact, minimalist homes have been growing in popularity over the past few years, as people look for ways to downsize and simplify their lives. And with...
‘Living smaller’: Pros, cons of downsizing
By Andrew DehanBankrate.com It’s not just retirees choosing to downsize — with today’s elevated housing costs, many people are looking to smaller properties for relief. In fact, 44% of U.S. adults who would be willing to make a sacrifice to...
A pocket neighborhood designed for connection
The Ember in Edmond, Oklahoma, is designed so that all neighbors will feel part of the whole via a central gathering space. The Ember central court. Credit: Union Studio. Missing middle ROBERT STEUTEVILLE JAN. 19, 2024 Pocket neighborhoods designed around mid-block cottage...
Nine out of 10 Texans say housing costs too much, poll finds
By Joshua Fechter Published: Aug. 11, 2024 at 7:20 PM CDT (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) – An overwhelming majority of Texans say the state has a housing affordability crisis, according to a poll released Thursday — the latest sign of the growing pressure...
How Affordable Housing Distracts People From Housing Affordability
Charles Marohn May 28, 2024 My hometown of Brainerd, Minnesota, is caught in the housing trap. Most places are. When housing attempts to play the role of financial product while simultaneously serving as shelter, all kinds of ridiculous things happen....
Home Sizes: Demand versus Supply
Paul Emrath August 7, 2024 The share of new single-family homes built in the 1,600-3,000 square-foot range closely matches the share of buyers who want homes of that size, according to recent surveys from NAHB and the U.S. Census Bureau....