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#Socialhousing

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emeritrix

#SocialHousing is a way (or a variety of ways) to make housing available, affordable for all.

popularresistance.org/new-soci

PopularResistance.Org · New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable - PopularResistance.OrgSeattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 million. The expected revenue – estimated to amount to $52 million dollars annually – would go toward funding a public development authority named Seattle Social Housing, which would then build and maintain permanently affordable homes. The city has experienced record high rents and home prices over the past two decades, attributed in part to the high incomes and relatively low taxes paid by tech firms like Amazon. Prior attempts to make these companies do their part to keep the city affordable have had mixed results.
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RaymondPierreL3

I started reading this article in The Guardian and a few paragraphs in, I read something that literally floored me;

“…a disincentive for social housing providers to accommodate someone on youth allowance, because they receive less money.’

I’m sorry, what? I had to read it again a couple of times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating or making things up as I read along. But no. That’s what I read in this article.

WTF is a ‘Social Housing Provider’ ? It sounds like a monstrous chimera from the neoliberal hellpark we call our political economic menagerie. “Social’ folks… that word says it all. Public housing is what social housing ought to be by definition. Read my words #ALP #AlboPM, Public/social services Are Not For Profit services! I’m so pissed off right now… can’t read further.

#SocialHousing #StateTheft #Privatisation #Neoliberalism
#AusPol

Read more: theguardian.com/australia-news?

The Guardian · Labor’s Josh Burns takes on new role and new push to address youth homelessnessBy Krishani Dhanji
UniversidadxClima

Green Social Housing: Lessons from #Vienna
by Daniel Aldana Cohen, Aaryaman “Sunny” Singhal, Ruthy Gourevitch and Gianpaolo Baiocchi
with the Socio-Spacial Climate Collaborative
Vienna is the global capital of #socialhousing. Over 40 percent of the city’s housing units are social housing, providing homes for the majority of the city’s renters

climateandcommunity.org/wp-con

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Austria took the stigma out of social housing. Here's what Canada could learn | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-social-housing-models-1.7565611

> While Europe struggles with similar trends to Canada of rising rents and skyrocketing home prices, experts say social housing models like Austria’s are among the best defence against a growing affordability crisis.

#canpol #canpolitics #europe #vienna #housingcrisis #affordabilitycrisis #housing #socialhousing #cbc
#cbc
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)

“The lack of affordable housing and the growing threat of global warming used to be thought of as two distinct problems. Now that's changing, and politicians in U.S. cities like Chicago and Denver are looking to tackle the housing crisis while simultaneously combating climate change. They see Vienna's green social housing as a roadmap.”

#ClimateCrisis #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #SocialHousing #GreenSocialHousing #ViennaSocialHousing #ClimateActionNow

npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-54006

les briques
Parmi les merveilles du Plan Zuid, le plan d’aménagement du sud d’Amsterdam achevé au début des années 20, on ne se lasse pas de cet immeuble rigolo de Margaret Kropholler, une des rares femmes (la seule ?) architectes de l’Ecole d’Amsterdam. Avril 2024.
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#amsterdam #amsterdamseschool #interwararchitecture #interwarmodernism #socialhousing #planzuid #passionbriques #briquesdespaysbas #balcons #balconies #balcony #femalearchitect #amsterdam_lesbriques #bricksofamsterdam
#bricksofamsterdam
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Likely Jan Lukas

@davidaugust

I'm fortunate enough to reside in #SocialHousing so at least my rent is affordable compared to income, but the balance of my income no longer covers food and OTC meds/CPAP materials. 😐

Worse yet, we continually experience long extreme heat events in summers now and our lease agreements explicitly *disallow* in-window AC, so cooling options are limited.

We didn't really need AC hereabouts most of my life, but now it is a matter of life and death for many. 😢
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