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Station at St. Elmo development in Austin sells out before construction May 18, 2021 Front entrance rendering of The Station at St. Elmo development The 132 condos that comprise The Station at St. Elmo were completely sold out in a first-ever, record breaking five hours during a same-day virtual sales launch event held this month by Legacy Communities and Legacy Performance Capital, investors in South Austin’s up-and-coming  St. Elmo Neighborhood and Austin’s major real estate boom.  Set to break ground in August 2021, the $40M-plus development will inclu...

When Shaya Schreiber started searching for a home in Madison, Wisconsin, her options were limited. Student loans made the single mother of two ineligible for certain affordable housing and a market-rate home was beyond her reach. Then she found the Madison Area Community Land Trust. The trust helped her purchase a three-bedroom house on the west side of the city. The organization paid $160,000 for the home and more for necessary improvements. Then Schreiber bought it from the trust for $135,000. “I wouldn’t have been able to afford a house otherwise,” she said. Community land trusts ...

How The Mayoral Candidates Will Make Housing More Affordable In NYC arrow People gather for a protest in August 2020 demanding New York cancel rent outside of Brooklyn housing court. JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock This is part of our (subject line: One Issue Explainer) Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill extending a moratorium that prevents New Yorkers from getting evicted from their home, a move the State Legislature says is intended to avert an eviction crisis triggered by the pandemic. But the rent being too damn high is something that has existed long ...

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arrow The view of Fordham Road from the elevated 4 train subway stop in the West Bronx. quiggyt4 / Flickr As New York City enters a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented array of economic devastation trails in its wake. In the West Bronx, looming damage can be seen in the large number of eviction filings, not executed and on hold thanks to a state-issued moratorium. Even as lawmakers work to extend the moratorium, eviction filings persist. And they’re most prevalent within the Bronx’s 14th City Council District, according to a March report by the Association...