Supply falls, housing costs surge
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Experts said housing prices and rents rose sharply across several markets, while new construction fell toward multi-year lows, worsening shortages and prompting more landlord sales.
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell
The tweet that said ‘Britain is a strange place where people think 100k is a high salary but £1m is a normal price for a family home’ lives rent free in my head forever. Pretty clearly is something psychological about it that the boundaries haven’t moved despite v large inflation since then.
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The tweet that said ‘Britain is a strange place where people think 100k is a high salary but £1m is a normal price for a family home’ lives rent free in my head forever. Pretty clearly is something psychological about it that the boundaries haven’t moved despite v large inflation since then.
Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet
“If you’re having issues paying rent, chances are you’re having a hard time feeding yourself. Housing is connected to food security, health, and economic security. It’s a health emergency that’s 100% driven by inequality.” thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
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On the front lines of eviction prevention - The Philanthropist Journal
“A little goes a long way” in keeping people housed, advocates say, and the social costs of not addressing the housing crisis are immeasurable.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“If you’re having issues paying rent, chances are you’re having a hard time feeding yourself. Housing is connected to food security, health, and economic security. It’s a health emergency that’s 100% driven by inequality.” thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...
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California, the Byzantine state
Big research effort from @ternerhousing.bsky.social showing that California's byzantine process for financing low-income housing is a major outlier nationally that delays new affordable developments and makes them more expensive to build ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/the-cos...
The Cost of Fragmentation: A Comparison of State Affordable Housing Finance Governance Systems - Terner Center
To finance and build affordable housing, developers across the United States need to assemble multiple funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Public funding sources can be administer...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
California, the Byzantine state
Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon
Big research effort from @ternerhousing.bsky.social showing that California's byzantine process for financing low-income housing is a major outlier nationally that delays new affordable developments and makes them more expensive to build ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/the-cos...
The Cost of Fragmentation: A Comparison of State Affordable Housing Finance Governance Systems - Terner Center
To finance and build affordable housing, developers across the United States need to assemble multiple funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Public funding sources can be administer...
ternercenter.berkeley.edu
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Big research effort from @ternerhousing.bsky.social showing that California's byzantine process for financing low-income housing is a major outlier nationally that delays new affordable developments and makes them more expensive to build ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/the-cos...