In November, Fannie Mae announced that mortgage servicers would be not only allowed but reimbursed to use clear boarding instead of plywood when securing houses that were in pre-foreclosure. That ...
Abandoned, blighted buildings have been described as a “cancer” in a neighborhood. One home with 4-foot-tall weeds, a sagging porch, and broken or boarded-up windows becomes two, which spreads to four ...
20%. WELL, IF YOU DRIVE THE I-80 CAUSEWAY IN YOLO COUNTY, YOU’VE NOTICED THE CONSTRUCTION. BUT SOME DRIVERS ARE POINTING OUT SOME THINGS THEY THINK ARE PRETTY UNUSUAL. AND THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, ...
If any single material gained a certain newfound ubiquity in New York City and countless other American cities and towns over the past year, it has been humble and readily available plywood. Used to ...
When the Black Lives Matter protests swept across New York City in June last year, businesses across the city shuttered their storefronts with plywood to brace for the civil unrest. The city “felt ...