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A bill requiring federal employees to return to in-person work is seen as unlikely to pass the Senate.

A state lawmaker introduced legislation this week that would allow New York to buy financially distressed commercial buildings and convert them into housing for low-income and homeless New Yorkers. The Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act, sponsored by State Sen. Michael Gianaris, includes the purchase and conversion of office buildings and hotels that are up for sale, as the Wall Street Journal first reported. The proposed legislation comes as commercial districts and tourist hubs have yet to recover fully from the impact of the coronavirus and as the housing crisis, particularly in New Y...

Boise Using Adaptive Reuse to Convert Offices to Affordable Housing Under the city's Grow Our Housing program, vacant offices could see a new life as below-market rentals. February 19, 2021, 6am PST | Diana Ionescu | Boise officials are considering buying a downtown office building and converting it into affordable housing. Jared Brey reports on the city's plan to create below-market rental housing by employing adaptive reuse to convert former office and commercial buildings to apartments. Leon Letson, manager for the city's Grow Our Housing program, emphasized that the city is still wor...