
16 March 2021 | 10 replies
This is an industry prop piece, either written by the printers or by someone acting as their shill, because it's not really journalism - just read this section:"Whether made of concrete or a polymer, these homes have shown to be far more energy efficient, sustainable and resilient than conventional wood-built homes.Just ask Tim Shea, 70, who lives in one of the ICON homes built for the homeless in Austin.

15 March 2021 | 0 replies
Self-storage cashflow and recession resiliency!

24 March 2021 | 84 replies
Denver eyes turning off natural gas, requiring all-electric new buildings in climate pushDenver wants new construction in a few years to be “net-zero energy” buildings that use only electricity from renewable sources, slashing city greenhouse gas emissions.The plan, and the building code changes it calls to have phased in starting in 2024, doesn’t explicitly ban future construction from hooking up to natural gas, the fuel used to heat the space and water in nearly all Denver buildings.But it does call for requiring new construction to use all-electric heat and water heating, first in homes and then offices and large multifamily buildings, and then require enough new solar power with development projects so that new buildings in Denver after 2030 won’t use any energy from fossil fuels.Denver’s Net-Zero Energy New Buildings & Homes Implementation Plan, produced by the city’s Climate Action, Resiliency & Sustainability office, will be the subject of hearings before a city building code task force this summer and then City Council hearings later this year.The plan phases in requirements for all-electric systems in new construction, described in one goal as having new buildings and homes be “free from natural gas” by 2030.City climate officials, when asked, didn’t identify any role natural gas could have in future new buildings.

29 January 2021 | 20 replies
@Jon Coleman I have been listening to several podcasts and just did a webinar on resilient cities where they talked about affordable housing being a huge factor coming out of the pandemic, not that it wasn't something before, but that it will be essential for cities looking to come out stronger.

25 January 2021 | 0 replies
Coming on the heels of the strong report on housing starts (see above), news on existing home sales continues to demonstrate the remarkable resiliency of our housing market in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 February 2021 | 126 replies
Southern California has a more diverse economy and is likely to be more resilient to issues with any one particular segment.

2 March 2021 | 11 replies
To your point, however, I'll contend that Hawaii satisfies the criteria for unusual market conditions, particularly it's resilience to the '08 recession.

14 December 2020 | 4 replies
Medical services are resilient to economic swings and can provide sustainable passive income.

29 December 2020 | 1 reply
Is it likely that Dallas, TX is less resilient or more resilient?

22 January 2021 | 4 replies
I have a hustler spirit and I’m very resilient!