• Duplexes and townhomes do not always make housing cheaper,Scott Finfer

    Duplexes and townhomes do not always make housing cheaper

    Not every housing policy labeled “affordable” is actually designed to make housing more affordable. That is the central problem with today’s “missing middle” debate. Across the country, duplexes, triplexes, courtyard apartments, townhomes and small multifamily buildings are being promoted as the sol

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  • Florida county’s impact fees put new Live Local projects at risk,Richard Lawson

    Florida county’s impact fees put new Live Local projects at risk

    Indianapolis-based apartment developer Milhaus started building an apartment project in Manatee County, Florida, under the state’s Live Local Act after securing its funding earlier this year. It may be one of the few to be built in the county, next to Sarasota, under the law, until lawsuits over a m

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  • At $32, Dream Finders-Beazer risk is now double-jeopardy,John McManus

    At $32, Dream Finders-Beazer risk is now double-jeopardy

    [Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article in the aftermath of filings this week from Dream Finders Homes and Beazer Homes, as Dream Finders pursues Beazer as an acquisition target. Here’s the link to Part 1].  The surface question in the Dream Finders Homes–Beazer Homes takeover conte

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