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For The First Time, More Apartments Than Houses Are Being Built In Omaha

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 12:00am

Maddie Hall sits for a portrait at the Mill in Omaha. Hall worries about being tied down by a mortgage, and thinks the flexibility of an apartment is the best fit for her.
(Lily Smith / Flatwater Free Press)

When Maddie Hall flips through Zillow listings on her phone and sees what houses sell for these days, she thinks home ownership just isn’t financially possible.

The 29-year-old event planner also worries about being tied down by a mortgage when staying mobile and flexible could help her advance in her career.

So for now, she will stick with the convenience of her midtown Omaha apartment and her easy ability to walk to favorite neighborhood restaurants and hangouts.

“I think an apartment makes the most sense for me,” Hall said.

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The Greenest Building Is The One Still Standing After A Disaster

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 12:00am

When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was left standing, while more than half the buildings around it were destroyed.

Its owners had built it to withstand roughly double the wind speed that Florida’s code required, with reinforced concrete walls on 40-foot (12-meter) pilings. The cost was about 15% to 20% more than standard construction, but the owners wanted a house that could survive storms.

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More Rural Hospital Closures Would Mean Long Drives For Pregnant Women Seeking Obstetric Care

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 12:00am

In 14 states, the closure of the closest rural hospital or its obstetric unit would force many Medicaid patients to drive an hour or more to get to another hospital that provides inpatient maternity care, according to an analysis released this week.

Nationwide, the median drive time between hospitals providing inpatient maternity care to Medicaid enrollees and the closest in-state alternative is 43 minutes for rural hospitals compared with 13 minutes for urban hospitals, the analysis found.

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America’s Streetcar Revival Has Seen Mixed Results. Is Omaha On The Right Track?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 12:00am

Throughout the 2010s, cities took advantage of Obama-era funding to build modern streetcars. Omaha’s about a decade behind the streetcar trend — can the city learn from others’ successes and failures?
(Photo illustration by Hanscom Park Studio)

At the height of the modern streetcar boom, construction crews tore up roads in Washington, D.C., installed overhead wires in Atlanta and welded rails in Kansas City.

But that was more than a decade ago.

The urban transit trend fizzled once Obama-era funding dried up. Now, Omaha is belatedly hopping aboard to become the least populous metro with a modern streetcar. The estimated $478 million project has one benefit the others didn’t: hindsight.

Omaha has modeled its system after streetcar success stories and learned from others’ missteps, project leaders said.

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Cities Turn To AI To Speed Housing Permitting

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 12:00am

New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals.

Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them.

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Florida Shows How To Adapt As Coastal Cities Face Growing Threats From Sea Level Rise And Storms

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 12:00am

Jeffrey Huber, a landscape architect and professor, poses for a photograph at DC Alexander Park, a former parking lot that was transformed into a public space that doubles as flood infrastructure, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
(Lynne Sladky / AP Photo)

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone.

Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. For days, first responders couldn't get to them. For a month and a half, they relied on food donations. For more than a year, he lived with his family in a trailer.

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Despite Record Low In Veteran Homelessness, Half The States Saw Increases

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 12:00am

Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 32,495 veterans experiencing homelessness, 387, or 1.2%, fewer than the previous year. HUD counted 18,877 veterans in shelters, and 13,518 living unsheltered in places not meant for habitation.

Twenty-five states recorded increases in veteran homelessness from 2024 to 2025, and 23 recorded decreases. Just two states — Alaska and Massachusetts — saw no change.

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Omaha’s Creighton University Continues Downtown Growth, Opens $50M Housing Hall

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 12:00am

Creighton University’s Magis Hall opened this week as the school’s latest development project helping to change the face of downtown Omaha.
(Photo courtesy of Creighton University)

OMAHA — A new $50 million Creighton University student residence hall opened last week, adding to the private university’s continued transformation of parts of Omaha’s urban core.

The 151,000-square-foot Magis Hall, intended exclusively for sophomores, will be home to 409 students living in four-person apartment-style suites. Each floor has lounges, study rooms and gathering spots. Fall classes started Aug. 18.

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Priced Out In Lincoln: How The Capital City Became The State’s Hardest Place To Afford A Home

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 12:00am

Seth Harlan poses for a portrait at his desk in his Lincoln apartment. Harlan has spent all of his adult life living in apartments.
(Lily Smith / Flatwater Free Press)

LINCOLN — $1,200 a month gets Seth Harlan a one-bed, one-bath. Another $200 covers utilities. The 26-year-old spends nearly half his monthly income on his apartment.

A lead line cook at Firethorn Golf Club, Harlan wanted to live close by. That meant finding an apartment on the eastern edge of Lincoln.

“It's almost impossible to live on this side of town if you're in my monetary bracket,” he said.

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Lincoln Leaders Tout $17M Youth Volleyball Complex Headed To Nov. 3 General Election Ballot

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 12:00am

Proposed Nebraska for Volleyball (N4VB) youth-centric volleyball complex that is to be financed largely by a state tax incentive, or “turnback tax,” requires buy-in from Lincoln voters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. This is a southwest view of the facility that would rise at 30th Street and Folkways Boulevard.
(Rendering courtesy of Davis Design)

LINCOLN — Lincoln voters on Nov. 3 will determine the fate of a $17 million volleyball facility that supporters say would boost the city’s status as a youth sport destination.

Fans tout the proposed N4VB (Nebraska for Volleyball) complex as an economic development project that would generate about $22 million in total annual impact by its third year and also serve underrepresented youth through free or reduced-cost programming.

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Real Estate News

For The First Time, More Apartments Than Houses Are Being Built In Omaha

The Greenest Building Is The One Still Standing After A Disaster

More Rural Hospital Closures Would Mean Long Drives For Pregnant Women Seeking Obstetric Care

America’s Streetcar Revival Has Seen Mixed Results. Is Omaha On The Right Track?

Cities Turn To AI To Speed Housing Permitting

Florida Shows How To Adapt As Coastal Cities Face Growing Threats From Sea Level Rise And Storms

Despite Record Low In Veteran Homelessness, Half The States Saw Increases

Omaha’s Creighton University Continues Downtown Growth, Opens $50M Housing Hall

Priced Out In Lincoln: How The Capital City Became The State’s Hardest Place To Afford A Home

Lincoln Leaders Tout $17M Youth Volleyball Complex Headed To Nov. 3 General Election Ballot

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