America isn’t building enough homes. A new atlas may fix that. – Business Insider
“Depending on who’s doing the estimating, America is short anywhere from 2 million to 6 million homes. If you’ve tried to buy or rent a place in the past year, or you know anyone who has, then you didn’t need me to tell you that. Hardly anything’s on the market, and none of us can afford what is. The question is: Why?”
McMansionization of Sarasota
The answer: Urban villages – Ed Pinto/Sarasota Observer
“Mid-priced, working-class housing would expand with light-touch density in the city’s urban mixed-use areas.”
“The problem: Sarasota faces increasing housing pressure as home prices vastly outstrip wage growth. Where will our children, grandchildren and the workers who provide us the services we all rely on live? …
“The solution: Create Live Local Urban Villages (LLUVs) by allowing light-touch density (LTD) in walkable areas within a half-mile of urban mixed-use areas. This includes duplexes, single-family attached homes, accessory dwelling units and other homes compatible in scale with single-family detached homes. These homes would be within walking distance of growing numbers of service jobs in the urban mixed-use areas. Without this change, McMansions will spread throughout Sarasota.”
Making $150K is considered ‘lower middle class’ in these high-cost US cities – Fox
“Northern California and Virginia top the list, where the maximum lower middle class income range goes from $128,964 to $152,652, among the top five most expensive cities…
“‘Most notably, Arlington, Virginia, which is located just outside of Washington, D.C., has the highest median household income studywide, at nearly $140,000,’ he added. ‘Meanwhile, Seattle and Gilbert both have a median household income above $115,000. It’s worth noting that all three Arizona cities that ranked in the top 25 are in the Phoenix metro area.’ California dominated the list with seven out of 25 of the top spots due to its housing implications.”
“What we saw between 2022 and 2023 is deeply troublesome overall the homeless population increased by 12%. That’s the largest increase since HUD has started tracking these numbers in 2,007, and it was across all populations…(S)heltered numbers are up. Unsheltered numbers are up, families, individuals, veterans, youth.”
States Can Use Medicaid to Help Address Health-Related Social Needs – CBPP