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Brad Pitt Delivers on Housing Promise for NOLA

Make It Right’s new homes in the Lower 9th Ward has been dubbed the “largest, greenest neighborhood of single-family homes in the world,” by U.S. Green Building Council. Twenty-one world-renowned architects designed the homes, including Frank Gehry, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye. Residents in the surrounding community participated in the planning process for the new houses.

National Count of Homeless Offers Reasons for Hope But Greatly Understates True Extent of Problem

Every two years, volunteers fan out to count the number of homeless people in America. The results of the 2013 count are trickling in now, and the early reports from major cities give reason for hope, that is, until you look more closely at how the data is gathered. Read the full article

Modular is on the Rise

Modular construction has long been seen as a promising potential way to cut development costs but now it's finally being put to use on large parojects up and down the East Coast, according to recent coverage in the New York Times. Read our summary of this recent report about some exciting new modular projects.
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