The homes are too damn few. Photo: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images If it isn’t “morning in America,” it’s at least no longer midnight. After a year of widespread death, social isolation, and unemployment, COVID hospitalizations are falling, businesses are reopening, and the economy is recovering. Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week than at any time since March 2020 . Retailers saw a larger increase in sales last month than they’d enjoyed in nearly a year. This is not an instance of “nature healing.” Rather, America’s incipient post-pandemic boom is a product of contingent policy choices. The U.S. is widely projected to outgrow the rest of the developed world this year, with the International Monetary Fund predicting that we’ll see 6.4 percent GDP growth while advanced industrial economies as a whole will see (“only”) 5.1 percent. America’s underlying economic strengths and privileged access to vaccines is part of this story. But our nation’s … [Read more...] about To ‘Build Back Better,’ America Must Build More Housing
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Foreigners allowed to buy houses in 17 real estate projects in Da Nang
The Da Nang Department of Construction has made public a list of commercial housing projects in which foreign organizations and individuals are allowed, or not allowed, to buy apartments or houses. Monarchy resort complex, one of the commercial housing projects that allows foreign organizations and individuals to own housing. This list includes 17 commercial housing projects that allow foreigners to buy and own houses: Blooming Tower Da Nang; Golden Square complex of commercial services, hotels and apartments; Quang Nguyen commercial apartment building; P.A Tower hotel and apartment complex. Apartment building No.38 Nguyen Chi Thanh (Lapaz Tower); Apartment building No. 6 Nguyen Du Street (Danang Plaza); HAGL Lakeview apartment building; Thuy Tu urban area; Monarchy resort complex; Harmony Tower Apartment building; Summit Apartments; An Vien residential area; Da Nang Green Hoa Binh Complex; Tower Garden Apartments; Azura Apartments; Da Nang estate and Da Nang … [Read more...] about Foreigners allowed to buy houses in 17 real estate projects in Da Nang
RoK assists Vietnam in social housing development
A social housing project in Vietnam (Illustrative photo: HUD) Hanoi (VNA) - Workshops sharing experience in social housing development of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and policy improvements in Vietnam will be held in major cities of HCM City, Da Nang and Hanoi in the coming time, according to the Ministry of Construction (MoC). The events are part of a project on the building of a master policy on Vietnam's social housing development for the 2021-30 period, which is carried out using non-refundable official development assistance (ODA) from the RoK government via the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), said Deputy Director General of the MoC’s Housing and Real Estate Market Management Bureau (HREM) Ha Quang Hung. The project strives to devise and complete legal documents on the field, particularly in Vietnam’s current policies, survey the need of those who are eligible for social housing, provide training for staff in charge of building social … [Read more...] about RoK assists Vietnam in social housing development
The cast of ‘ER’ will reunite for special ‘Stars In The House’ episode
(CNN) Yes, Dr. Doug Ross will be there. The cast of "ER" will reunite on "Stars In The House" for a special Earth Day episode for Waterkeeper Alliance, producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley have announced. Waterkeeper is the fastest growing global nonprofit focused solely on clean water. Gloria Reuben, who played physician assistant Jeanie Boulet on the show and serves as the President of Waterkeeper Alliance, organized the cast to return one more time. Reuben will be joined by George Clooney (Doug Ross), Noah Wyle (John Carter), Laura Innes (Kerry Weaver), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene), Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday), Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Paul McCrane (Robert Romano), Ming-Na Wen (Jing-Mei Chen), Laura Cerón (Chuny Marquez), Yvette Freeman (Haleh Adams), Conni Marie Brazelton (Connie Oligario), and CCH Pounder (Angela Hicks) for an evening of reminiscing about their time at Chicago's County General … [Read more...] about The cast of ‘ER’ will reunite for special ‘Stars In The House’ episode
Texas House Passes Constitutional Carry Bill
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After nearly seven hours of debate, the Texas House has passed a Constitutional Carry bill by a vote of 84-56. During the discussion Thursday, April 15, the lead author, Representative Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler. said under House Bill 1927, law-abiding Texans 21 and older would no longer need a license or permit to carry a handgun in public. “It’s time for Texas to join the 21 other states and pass common sense Constitutional Carry.” READ MORE: 'The Sky's The Limit For The U.S. Economy,' Says Economic Analyst Schaefer said those eligible still won’t be able to carry their handguns in schools, sporting events, amusement parks, hospitals and jails. Business and property owners can still keep people with handguns out. A Democratic state lawmaker, Joe Moody of El Paso, criticized the measure, citing the deadly mass-shooting in his city two years ago. “I’m not anti-gun, I’m a gun owner like a lot of us here. But I’m also like most Texans, Democrats, … [Read more...] about Texas House Passes Constitutional Carry Bill