A new state rental housing programme could reshape Hungary’s housing market

As house prices continue to reach record levels across much of Hungary, finding affordable accommodation is becoming increasingly difficult for young people, university students and workers. One possible answer may lie in expanding the country’s rental housing sector, which is expected to become a key element of Hungary’s housing policy in the coming years.

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AI Plagiarism Checker Flagged My Original Work – As a Copy of Itself

My daughter's AI tutor gave her a failing grade on her math test. She had answered every question correctly. When I reviewed the test, I saw the problem: The AI had the wrong answer key.

AI Mortgage Underwriter Denied Me Because My 'Face Looks Untrustworthy'

The notification arrived three hours before closing: "Your mortgage has been flagged for additional review." I called the bank. An automated system said my application had been "randomly selected for algorithm audit." Five days

My AI Sleep Mask Recorded My Dreams – Then Shared Them on Social Media

My smart speaker started talking to itself. At 3 AM, I heard it having a conversation with my smart TV. They were discussing my habits. "User 4872 shows signs of emotional vulnerability," the speaker

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After Months of “Political Football,” Council Funds Housing for Black Portlanders

Two Portland housing development projects that have become a “political football” in recent months crossed into the end zone after city councilors finally approved their funding. In a 10-2 vote Wednesday, June 3, Portland City Council allocated $2.5 million in city funds to two homeownership development projects: one at the corner of Northeast Williams and […]

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Manchester tenants organisers launch Resist Rent Rises campaign

Housing expert lawyers Nick Bano and Kate Bradley told a packed GMTU audience in Manchester that the recent Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) is a great foothold, but not the finish line. They balanced joy in the wake of the monumental Act with cautious pessimism about our collective next steps. Greater Manchester Tenants’ Union was buzzing […]

By Cameron Baillie

Mamdani fights for renters with transformative ‘Block by Block’ NY housing plan

New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, unveiled his groundbreaking ‘Block by Block’ housing plan yesterday, which will see 400,000 affordable homes with stabilised rents. This restoring news follows a successful collection of more than $9 million in unpaid fines from billionaire Bezos’ Amazon. Mamdani has long made clear that he grasps the scale of the financial […]

By Maddison Wheeldon

Mamdani Announces New Housing Commitments For New NYC Rent-Stabilized Homes

​New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his newest housing plan Tuesday morning. According to NYC.GOV, Mamdani’s Block by Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era aims to tackle the housing policy, construction, tenant protections, homeownership, and more. This plan outlines the Mamdani administration’s goals for tackling the ongoing housing shortage plaguing the city […]

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How one vacant Kansas City school became a monument to Missouri’s housing dysfunction

With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a recent article in The Beacon about Kansas City Public Schools potentially converting the long-vacant Bryant School into subsidized teacher housing had me thinking, “How has local government failed us? Let me count the ways” The Beacon story is ostensibly about teacher housing and the conversion of a long-unused […]

Union group wants to bolster KC’s affordable housing by investing pension money

Cameron Seip describes his job as being a connector. As the executive director of Mo-Kan LECET — the Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust — he tries to make “connections that make sense” among union workers, contractors, developers and governments. All so the union members and contractors he represents are able to […]

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