These Bamboo Micro-Homes Would Turn Abandoned Buildings Into Villages

These Bamboo Micro-Homes Would Turn Abandoned Buildings Into Villages

As China designs a roadmap to bring 100 million rural citizens into cities over the next five years, it and other booming east Asian countries will confront a problem that’s been around since the 1980s: The massive housing shortage and the illegal dwellings that result. Two architects think they’ve found a temporary solution in bamboo.

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The Teeny, Tiny Microhouse Revolution That's Giving the Homeless Homes

The Teeny, Tiny Microhouse Revolution That's Giving the Homeless Homes

When most of us hear the term "microhouse," we think of the chic, wedge-shaped homes that have colonized the world’s wealthiest cities. But in a number of U.S. cities, microhouses are being used to house a different demographic—the very poor.

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Where Homelessness Is Getting Worse (It’s Not the Places You’d Think)

Where Homelessness Is Getting Worse (It's Not the Places You'd Think)

Overall, homelessness seems to be on the decline in the U.S. Since 2007, the rate of homelessness for all Americans declined nine percent; however, for about half of the states in the country, homelessness is still getting worse.

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Miami’s starchitect magnet, “Super Zips” for the rich, the real story behind our city-dwelling squir

Miami’s starchitect magnet, "Super Zips" for the rich, the real story behind our city-dwelling squirrels, and why Americans are driving less. Plus, a chilling portrait of homelessness in gentrified New York City—all in today’s urban reads.

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Homeless People Use Facebook Just Like You and Me [Internet]

The Atlantic is reporting some pretty fascinating findings from a study on Internet usage patterns in homeless vs. non-homeless youth out of the University of Alabama. Apparently, for 75% of the youth surveyed, not even homelessness if a big enough impediment to getting at least an hour a day of Facebook or Twitter time. More »