The people with the worst health often live in rental homes likely to make them sicker, and poor policy could make it worse.
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Build-to-rent developments have been touted as a way to deliver affordable housing on a large scale. But, to date, the sector has not been focused on housing for people on lower incomes.
The concentration of subsidized low-income housing developments isn’t as bad as residents fear: It actually increases property values – at a faster rate than other neighborhoods.
The most affordable homes face the highest risks from disasters for three key reasons.
It will cost tens of billions of dollars to find and remove all the lead service lines that deliver water to US homes and schools. A public health expert explains why he sees it as money well spent.
‘Informal evictions’ in which landlords harass or pressure tenants out of their homes continued during the the pandemic and may have even seen an increase.
Building retrofits are no joke: They make dwellings healthier and more energy-efficient. And when they’re done in low-income housing, they also reduce inequality.
Solar power doesn’t have to be just for the wealthy anymore. With the right kind of financial incentives, households at all income levels can benefit from affordable clean energy.
A long-term housing stimulus package that focuses on retrofitting to cut energy demand would also help households repay the debts being accumulated during this crisis.
Apartments house one in ten Australians, including a higher share of low-income households than other housing types. A new study identifies why some high-density neighbourhoods work better than others.
Societal pressures make it hard for people living in low-income areas to change their ways.
Solar lights can help local governments drastically reduce their spending on electricity bills.
When large companies move into an area, the result is often gentrification. When this happens, the economic and social costs for displaced residents is typically high.
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Sydney
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ARC DECRA Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University
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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Policy and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Interdisciplinary Research), University of Leeds
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PhD candidate and research Fellow in the Economics of Climate Smart Cities research programme, University of Leeds
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Affiliate, Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
