The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the government of Lithuania have approved a €100m loan to fund housing renovation in the country. The initiative aims to unlock €625m in total…

In response to a worsening housing crisis, seven Dutch municipalities are moving ahead with plans to create flexible districts with prefabricated mobile homes, dubbed “flexcities”. The districts will consist of…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, will lend $301m to a developer in Mexico to build “affordable, green housing”. The loan is going to developer and…

The newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has launched a plan to build a million homes people can buy with zero-interest mortgages. Her “Housing and Regularisation Programme” aims to…

Zublin Construction, a unit of Austria’s Strabag, has been selected to build a €250m luxury residential development on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. “Sea la Vie” by developer Nine Yards…

The government of Germany has put forward a bill to boost housing output by streamlining regulations. The Building Type E Act aims to lower the cost of building to ameliorate…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has created a company to act as a property developer and landlord for workers at major construction sites. The Smart Accommodation for Residential Complexes…

Aecom has won a contract to provide programme management for new water infrastructure in the Peel Region municipality west of Toronto as it prepares for a surge of new housing…

Dutch architect UNStudio and Brazilian developer Eztec have announced the completion of two towers in São Paulo, which they describe as a “new form of living”. The EZ Parque da…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been chosen to design 17 residential buildings for the New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (NJPAC), which the practice designed in the late nineties. The…

The city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has approved the construction of the 544m-tall Triumph Tower, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest residential building. It’s set to…

Vicinity Centres, an Australian real estate investment trust, has won approval for a US$1bn residential development in Melbourne, The Urban Developer reports.  The Box Hill project will consist of 1,700…

Aston Martin has announced the completion of a 249m-tall residential tower in downtown Miami. The sail-shaped building was designed by the car-maker, along with Rodolfo Miani of Argentine architect Bodas…

Canada has announced a plan to ease the country’s housing crisis by leasing public land to developers with a target of getting 3.9 million houses built by 2031, Prime Minister…

The government of Dubai has announced plans for a fourth phase of its South Bay development, which will add 138 three-to-five bedroom villas, together with a few six and seven…

Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled its design for Tencent P5, a residential development in Shenzhen’s Qianhai bay containing 11 apartment towers and a kindergarten arranged around four courtyards. The development…

Nigeria plans to build a “Diaspora City” for the 20 million of its citizens who live in other countries. The idea is to give emigrants, who together send $24bn back…

Dubai-based Samana Developers today said it will award 18 construction contracts as it spends $3.4bn on new residential projects in its home city this year. The company will prioritise waterfront…