After a decades-long standoff with the last resident of a communal apartment, a private museum has finally opened in Brodsky’s shared home in St. Petersburg, a rare grass-roots victory in Russia.
Tag: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
High Lumber Prices Add Urgency to a Decades-Old Trade Fight
Forced to pay more for wood, home builders want the Biden administration to settle a long-running dispute over Canadian imports. It won’t be easy.
Biden Administration Expected to Extend Federal Eviction Moratorium By a Month
Officials said the move was prompted by lagging vaccination rates and other factors. Landlords’ groups said an extension would be a harmful and unwarranted intrusion in the housing market.
A See-Through Pool Opens 10 Stories Above London
Even if you don’t have a fear of heights, you probably won’t be able to try it out: The swimming is limited to select residents at a luxury apartment complex in the British capital.
With Official Housing Scant, French People Open Their Homes to Migrants
A shelter system supported by private individuals highlights the French government’s difficulties managing a backlog of asylum cases.
Famous Robert Capa Photo Brings New Life to a Tenement and Its Residents
The bomb-scarred building in a picture of children during the Spanish Civil War will be turned into a cultural center.
‘The Den of Thieves’: South Koreans Are Furious Over Housing Scandal
President Moon has spent years trying to curb runaway housing prices. Now several officials in his government are under investigation for contributing to the problem ahead of important elections.
Mexico’s Unspoiled East Cape Is Nothing Like Cabo
The roads are rough, and some areas lack electricity, but the calm, swimmable waters of the Sea of Cortez are enticing to buyers and developers.
Why the Canadian Housing Market Is Soaring in the Pandemic
In Toronto this week, a rundown, one-car garage sold in three days for 729,000 Canadian dollars, or $576,000.
Hong Kong’s First Covid-19 Lockdown Exposes Deep-Rooted Inequality
The city’s notorious tenement apartments are potential hotbeds of transmission, with their cramped quarters, faulty piping and poor ventilation.