But public housing residents say mixed-income developments provide too little housing for them and do not address their immediate housing needs post-Katrina.
In other words, the new definition may provide the legal framework needed for private lenders to more confidently service mortgages in a post-housing bubble industry that has largely been dominated by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and government agencies like the Federal Housing Administration.
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Rising energy prices are putting pressure on American wholesalers to try to raise prices, data for May showed Tuesday, but with the housing market mired in post- subprime doldrums and creating a drag on the overall economy, it will be increasingly difficult to make them stick.
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Government loan programs exploded as housing starts doubled in the post-war era.
Adrian Smith had his pay cut by 40% when he lost his managerial post at Trafford Housing Trust (THT) and was redeployed as an adviser.
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People have learnt from the mistakes of the post-war housing boom.
The substantial drop in delinquency rate and loan-to-value ratio for borrowers who purchased homes in the years after 2007 is likely a product of the tightened lending standards implemented in the post-bubble housing market.
Tim Stonor of Space Syntax, an urban-design consultancy, points out that the vast majority of the riots took place within a five-minute walk of one of the depressing post-war housing estates which councils are now pulling down.
The next quarter century is likely to bring a new look and feel to housing, much different than the post-war suburban sprawl that America experienced in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The Housing Market Index from the National Association of Home Builders continues to make new post-recession highs, while building permits and housing starts are markedly increasing.
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"We are moving into a new phase of the multifamily housing cycle, a more typical phase, characterized by higher levels of apartment supply and incrementally greater competition from for-sale housing, " David Stockert, chief executive of Post Properties Inc.
It is a continuation of the British obsession with the housing market, that has scarred public policy throughout the post-war period.
Contrary to the post-bubble narrative of a buyer-less housing glut, inventory levels in some markets have contracted.
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Adrian Smith, 54, from Bolton, is taking legal action against Trafford Housing Trust (THT) after being removed from his managerial post.
The city's rent regulations date back to the post-World War I era, when a severe housing shortage caused by an influx of returning troops and a dearth of new construction prompted Albany to adopt an emergency rent law.
Randomised trials have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of driver-education programmes, job-training schemes, classroom size, psychological counselling for post-traumatic-stress disorder and increased investment in public housing.
Post-recession, light truck sales were battered due to a plunging housing market.
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As shown in the first chart below, there are only a couple of times when housing contributes 1-2 percentage points to growth, the most notable being the post-war period of rapid household formation by returning war veterans.
Meantime, the U.S. housing market is still sagging, as it surely must if prices are to adjust to post-bubble reality.
Home prices in 20 major cities continued to post gains in August, the latest indication that the U.S. housing market is improving.
Administration officials said the process of transitioning to a post-Fannie and Freddie world would take at least five to seven years, in part because the housing market remains too fragile.
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The Washington Post cites Nicholas Lardy, a respected China-watcher at the Peterson Institute, as saying that urban housing stock accounts for 41% of household wealth in China, compared to 26% in the U.S., though mortgage lending is much more restrictive in China.
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