Google to prohibit demographic, zip code targeting for housing, employment, credit ads Google is updating its advertising policies around housing, employment and credit opportunities, the company announced Thursday. New policy. Employment, housing and credit advertisers will no longer be permitted to target or exclude their ads being from being shown …
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Media captionShould there be tighter controls on the rental market? “We’ve basically never had a family home. We’ve never been anywhere where we could actually put our stamp on.” Emma Percy, 34, lives in a three-bedroom house in Folkestone, Kent, with her husband and their three children. They have moved …
Read More »Housing crisis ‘creates in-work poverty’
Image copyright Getty Images Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study has suggested. High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers – one in eight – are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It said …
Read More »Facebook invests $20M to catalyze affordable housing development in Menlo Park
Across the Bay Area, affordable housing remains hard to come by. In a climate where many displaced residents point their blame at the techies, Facebook has decided to invest $20 million in what it calls “A partnership to strengthen our local community.” In just the last six years, San Mateo County …
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