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At a health-screening event in Sarasota, Florida, people gathered in a parking lot and waited their turn for blood pressure or diabetes checks. The event was held in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood, a historically Black community. Local Tracy Green, 54, joined the line outside a pink-and-white bus that offered free mammograms. “It’s a blessing because some

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying something bold: tapping federal health care funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing. States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent

Housing starts rose in February as builder sentiment and buyer demand increase, but economic uncertainty still poses challenges...

Weave Living opened its first location in Singapore this week with the facility in Kampong Glam half leased at rents exceeding expectations, Sachin Doshi, founder and chief executive of the Hong Kong-based startup told Mingtiandi on Thursday. The Warburg Pincus-backed... Read More>> The post Rental Housing Operator Weave Opens First Location in Singapore  appeared first on Mingtiandi...

A social housing specialist has swooped to recruit more than 30 employees laid off by collapsed contractor Tolent. Re:Gen Group, which specialises in the refurbishment of social housing across the North East of England, has appointed 33 of the firm’s former workers as part of an expansion plan that includes the creation of a new

Credit...Ruth Fremson/The New York TimesAmerica, the BlandAcross the country, new developments are starting to look the same, raising fears that cities are losing their unique charm. But in the current housing crisis, does that matter?The new developments often come in the form of boxy, mid-rise buildings with a ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts and vivid

Rachel Maclean The sixth housing minister in the past 12 months has been named. Rachel Maclean, MP for Redditch in Worcestershire, has been appointed to the role following the government reshuffle earlier this week. She replaces Lucy Frazer, who moved to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on Tuesday (7 February) after just three

Hampshire-based Sovereign Housing Association has launched a search for contractors to build up to £800m-worth of new housing across 16 separate multi-supplier framework agreements. The association owns and manages 60,000 homes across Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Devon, Wiltshire, the West of England and the Isle of Wight.  The total number of homes to be