Bigger Houses, Smaller Households

A recent report from the US Census Bureau looks at how the size of single-family homes built today is considerably larger than those constructed mid-century, but over the same period, the number of people living

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Housing for Teachers

Recruiting and retaining good teachers necessarily involves making sure those teachers have a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. I have developed many new construction, single-family homes over the past 8 years for the

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School to Home

In the search for solutions to address the housing shortage, one idea seems to be gaining traction in Oklahoma: reclaiming and restoring abandoned schools and giving them new life as housing. This trend is particularly

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A Boost for HOME?

U.S. Representatives Garamendi and Beatty reintroduced legislation to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and drastically increase the funding for it. The program received $1.5 billion in 2023 and this legislation proposes funding it at

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Hotel/Motel to Home

I hadn’t been so excited about something for a long while when I read about three new projects in Oklahoma City to convert closed hotels and motels into needed housing. I think three projects constitute

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