Poor health could be linked to unaffordable housing
People who cannot afford their housing are more likely to suffer from poor health, according to a new study, which also found that renters consider themselves less healthy than homeowners.
View ArticleHigh-speed rail study finds that remote cities benefit from connection to...
(Phys.org) —Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life and create other unintended consequences by sharply reducing commute times from smaller cities to large megacities, economists...
View ArticleCanadian youth choosing transit-rich urban cores over suburbs, new study finds
Young adults want to live close to transit, high-density housing, and urban amenities, says research out of the University of Waterloo appearing in an upcoming issue of the Canadian Geographer.
View ArticleSan Francisco to charge fee for tech company buses
San Francisco will charge technology and other companies a fee for using public bus stops for their employee shuttle buses.
View ArticleSan Francisco approves employee shuttle rules (Update)
San Francisco transportation officials have approved a new pilot plan to regulate private employee shuttles operated by tech companies like Facebook and Google and charge a fee for the vehicles to use...
View ArticleGoogle tries ferry service for workers in East Bay
Google workers who live in the East Bay can now make the commute to the company's Silicon Valley campus by sea.
View ArticleSilicon Valley boom eludes many, drives income gap
(AP)—Silicon Valley is entering a fifth year of unfettered growth. The median household income is $90,000. The average single-family home sells for about $1 million. The airport is adding a...
View ArticleAmerica's cities are increasingly segregated by education, says economist
America's cities are dividing themselves into two distinct groups, with college-educated workers increasingly clustering in desirable places that less-educated people cannot afford, according to new...
View ArticleChicken house attics can be tapped to warm broilers
Reducing the cost of keeping broiler chickens warm could result from research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and university cooperators.
View ArticleWhy does the American middle class continue to struggle financially?
Since the mid-1980s, unrestrained household spending has damaged American family finances—despite the fact that globalization and technological change have caused consumer prices to fall widely, says...
View ArticleEarthquakes linked to shale gas exploration cause house prices to fall
Fear of fracking can have negative effects on the UK housing market around shale gas sites, economic researchers have warned. The research team, from the University of Bristol, the London School of...
View ArticleResearcher shows affordable housing not so affordable when transportation...
The availability of public transportation and the cost of individual transportation play major factors in just how affordable subsidized housing is in North Texas and across the country.
View ArticleIs HUD housing affordable? New study says not when you factor in costs to...
Where to live can be a dilemma for many Americans. Do you pay more for housing located near work and other destinations or do you pay less for housing that requires extensive driving? What about...
View ArticleWhy secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for age pensioners
The average housing costs of older (65-plus) outright homeowners in lone-person households were A$38 a week in 2013-14, the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated, compared to $103 for older social...
View ArticleNASA delays deep-space Orion test to 2019 due to costs
The first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at the earliest due to high costs, the US space agency said Friday.
View ArticleRecord levels of in-work poverty revealed
More than half (60 percent) of people living in poverty in the UK live in a household where someone is in work, the highest figure recorded, according to a new Cardiff University report.
View ArticleNew research reveals link between family breakdown and homelessness
Australia is going through a well-documented housing affordability crisis. Single parents are especially vulnerable to rising housing costs, as they rely on a single income to provide a decent home for...
View ArticleHousing crisis pushing people into rural areas with already stretched health...
Health services in rural and remote areas are struggling to cope with an influx of people on low, fixed incomes moving to these areas, researchers at U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health have...
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