REGAL LONDON WINS AN AWARD FOR THE BEST SOCIAL HOUSING IN EUROPE. Regal London, working in partnership with Central & Cecil Housing Trust (C&C), has won the Award for Best Social Housing in Europe at The International Property Awards. Grace House will provide 170 affordable apartments for over 55s.
With more than 180,000 public housing units, the New York City Housing Authority is by far the nation's largest public housing authority (PHA).
Australia's property market is considered to be among the most expensive in the world, with Sydney and Melbourne regularly featuring among the list of least affordable housing markets, along with some US and Canadian cities. One measure of affordability is the household debt-to-income ratio.
Finland has all but eradicated rough sleeping and sustainably housed a significant number of long-term homeless people. Finland is the only country in Europe where the number of homeless people has declined in recent years.
The Fuggerei is the world's oldest public housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria.
Based on this criteria, Spain came on top as the best country in Europe in 2023, followed by Portugal and Netherlands in second and third place. We ranked the countries based on a formula that takes into account the lowest cost of living and the highest quality of life, using the latest Numbeo data.
After Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia were the least affordable countries overall in the study which looked at the U.S., Canada, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. This chart shows the places where it's hardest to afford a home (2023).
Australia is the only country in the study which had multiple cities that failed to rank any better than 'severely unaffordable'. Australia scored increasingly high in housing unaffordability rates, with Sydney ranking as the second most unaffordable of the 92 evaluated cities, with a median multiple of 15.3.
Portugal is the easiest European country to buy property in. Those who wish to purchase property in Europe can purchase commercial property under Portugal's Golden Visa scheme.
1. Taos Pueblo. The Tao Pueblo is an active Native American community that is situated at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. The rich oral history of the Tao expresses the longevity of the Tao people and scientific data dates the oldest buildings as being built between 1000 and 1450 AD.
The oldest standing house on Earth is the oldest standing in Europe which means the stone homes at Sassi di Matera top the charts. They are in two sections in the city of Matera in Southern Italy. These ancient homes are around 9000 years old and some were inhabited for thousands of years.
Every night, roughly 1 in 200 Australians find themselves without a safe, secure or affordable place to sleep. A home isn't just four walls and a roof. It's a foundation for safety and security.
At 0.003% or roughly 1 homeless person per 34,000 residents, Japan is the country with the world's lowest rate of homelessness. Moreover, with a population of around 125.7 million people, the country also has one of the lowest numbers of homeless people.
Visitors to Japan, for example, often observe that the homeless of Japan rarely ask for money from pedestrians. In addition, the Japanese culture's emphasis on politeness also means the homeless try to stay out of everyone's way.
High house prices in Australia are primarily driven by supply and demand imbalances, tax policies, low-interest rates, and rising household debt.
In any event, the good news is that the great Aussie housing crash, which has seen national prices fall about 10 per cent from their peak – the second-largest slump in 43 years – has suddenly stalled.
The total value of Australia's residential property market is now worth $9.7 trillion after growing at the fastest annual pace on record in 2021. Residential property prices rose 23.7% through 2021, meaning that the collective value of the wealth of property owners increased by $2 trillion in just one year alone!