Recession-Ready Apartment Plans Could Help Avoid Foreclosure

In hard times like the current recession, many people rent out basements or rooms in their houses, but apartment dwellers cannot do it easily. Designing flexible, affordable housing is a challenge that architects have not often risen to successfully- Apartment designs are usually fixed and do not adapt to changes in income, lifestyle or size of family. And as mortgages get harder to find, the extra income from renting out part of an apartment could make a critical difference. More in TreeHugger