thousands of people in east yorkshire and lincolnshire have experienced flooding in their homes and know all too well the damage and trauma it causes. but now houses that float above floodwater could soon be a reality with experts already working on a prototype. here s paul murphy. final lab tests on the house that literally rises above the problem, and experts from hull university have helped to develop it. one in six homes in the uk is subject to flooding, so, yeah, this is relevant to really anyone who is looking at buying a new home. they are generally targeted at the affordable housing market and they are superinnovative. one proposal is to build a demonstration estate of flood proof homes at this low lying site near to boston in lincolnshire. sensors on the street will detect when floodwater gets too high, and raise these lightweight houses by nearly five feet. it was the terrible floods of 2007 that inspired a yorkshire business
5 Reforms for Cities to Increase Affordability
Salim Furth, senior research fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses barriers to building more affordable communities and highlights a few easy-to-implement solutions to alleviate housing affordability issues. Mar122021
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When the pandemic hit, the U.S. was already going through a major affordability crisis. The rising cost of living and continuously growing income disparity have led to millions of Americans being priced out of the housing market.
The solution to a more affordable housing market seems to be simple: more housing. But the barriers to building more affordable properties, however, seem to be relentlessly increasing instead of disappearing. High land and construction costs, outdated zoning regulations, and slow and burdensome permitting and approval systems are some of the challenges developers usually deal with.
mecca for homelessnesses. but homelessness, 12% in the county, 16% in l.a., despite the booming economy you have an increase in homelessness, way? the cost of housing. in l.a., a person needs to make $46 an hour to pay the median rent. one of the challenges is that we re the least affordable housing market in america. that is a very large number of people that are very close to the edge at any given time. as rents move faster than incomes, many people are falling into homelessness on a regular basis. what does that mean? last year, 108,000 angelinos falling into homelessness. the roles increased by 17 people aday. in 2018, an estimated 133
around sexuality and sexual choice. there s interpretations of the bible that you can throw back and forth around this issue. the bottom line, this is a civil rights issue. people will look at this as a nonissue. that we should be granting rights to folk regardless of sexual prechbs and that every human being in our society has an option and the right to sort of enjoy this civil right which has to do with marriage and how you spend your own personal life. it s pretty simple. simply a civil right. i understand the religious arguments. but people are allowed to have their faith. just as they re allowed to choose who they want to spend their life with. now for a look at some of the day s numbers once. a new report says home affordability record high for the second straight quarter. the most affordable housing market is indianapolis. median price there just $102,000. the least affordable, 31% of the
thing. if you have 9.7% unemployment and 46% of the people unemployed are unemployed for six months or longer, you can have the most affordable housing market in the world, but you can t buy a house because you can t afford it. you got to have jobs and people feeling good about making that big investment again. i know we don t want bubbles again, but i know we ve got to get a new sector, could know what it is to fuel job growth. it s called real estate, tony. you cut taxes and we ll create jobs. good to see you, christine, we ll be back in a couple of minutes here and at that time she s going to talk about a fraud that you just can t believe.