
18 June 2020 | 11 replies
They keep moving it. ..Title Creating Chapter 193 of the Legislative Code (Title XIX) pertaining to Tenant Protections...BodySection 1WHEREAS, under City Council RES 89-1273, the Council directed the creation of a fair housing workgroup to make policy and budget recommendations “with the goal of eliminating housing disparities, lowering barriers to affordable housing, and ensuring access to economic opportunity in the City of Saint Paul”; andWHEREAS, under City Council RES 17-2064, the Council directed the development of a fair housing strategic plan “to continue to research and work with housing partners on strategies to further Fair Housing goals such as...improved tenant protections, Tenant Remedies Actions, Advance Notice of Sale policy, gentrification studies, just cause eviction, non-discrimination policies, and others”; andWHEREAS, under City RES 18-1204, the City Council acknowledged that “the housing crisis in our city and region, and the urgent need to address the crisis as our population grows,”; and WHEREAS, in 2019 the City created the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, with five objectives: to meet the needs of those with the lowest incomes by increasing supply; to invest in low and moderate income residents by investing in existing supply; to explore innovative approaches to meeting housing needs; to build wealth for residents and communities; and to promote fair access to housing for us all; and .WHEREAS, in 2019, the Office of Financial Empowerment, which housed the Fair Housing Coordinator Position, was created and subsequently developed the framework for a citywide fair housing strategy identifying decreasing housing displacement, increasing housing access and affirmatively furthering fair housing as the overall objectives; and WHEREAS, Tenant Protections is one of four focus areas including education and engagement, enforcement and compliance, and preservation and production, to address strategy objectives based on the current housing landscape; andWHEREAS, stagnant wages, skyrocketing rents, a lack of affordable housing, and a consistently low housing vacancy rate are making it harder for Saint Paul residents to find housing and to afford it over time; and WHEREAS, the number of renters has increased by 12 percent from 2000-2016 and the City of Saint Paul has now become a renter-majority city, with 51% (57,621) of City residents being renters; and WHEREAS, renters are disproportionately people of color and are disproportionately representative of individuals from low wealth backgrounds; andWHEREAS, demographically 83% of African-American households are renting, compared to 41% of White households; and WHEREAS, more than half of our renter households earn 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income, and more than half of our renter households of color earn 30 percent or less of the Area Median Income; andWHEREAS, in St.

11 July 2020 | 15 replies
Population Growth, Economic Viability, Historical Investment returns?

22 June 2020 | 12 replies
Given that the current economic climate has affected all of the U.S., and as @Mike Ball mentioned, Huntsville is doing quite well in comparison, I would be surprised if Toyota would pull back only to reinvest elsewhere in the United States.

23 June 2020 | 30 replies
Both are good cash flow markets but in addition to cash flow, they both have good economic and demographic trends such as population and job growth which are important to long term asset values.

23 June 2020 | 10 replies
That seems to've paid off handsomely so far, even with the covid crisis we've just had.I hope this would be of some help and encouragement to you.

16 June 2020 | 3 replies
Then I started researching AC units myself and thought Amana units seem to be economically priced and decent quality and their website had a list of local installers.
22 February 2021 | 24 replies
Nearly Half Of Americans Consider Selling Home As COVID Crushes Finances Tyler Durden Sat, 06/20/2020 - 22:00As the virus pandemic has metastasized into an economic downturn, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and are struggling to service mortgage payments.New research offers a glimpse into struggling households, discovers out of the 2,000 American homeowners polled, over half (52%) of respondents say they're routinely worried about making future mortgage payments and nearly half (47%) considered selling their home because of the inability to service mortgage payments.
29 September 2020 | 38 replies
If I am to draw parallels from that crisis, we may not see the markets bottom out until late 2021 - 2022.

18 June 2020 | 6 replies
It also would set up infrastructure if the economic situation deteriorates in the future due to strict social distancing requirements or even a possible lockdown.

18 June 2020 | 4 replies
Having a college degree isn't necessary to be successful in real estate, but it can be helpful as having a degree can help land a better job, which will help fund deals.As for a specific major, Finance, Economics, Construction/Construction Management, or Accounting would fall in line with real estate investing to varying degrees.