{"id":103062,"date":"2019-01-18T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-pledge-driven-by-responsibility-gratitude-says-microsoft-president\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T05:06:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T22:06:45","slug":"housing-pledge-driven-by-responsibility-gratitude-says-microsoft-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-pledge-driven-by-responsibility-gratitude-says-microsoft-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing pledge driven by responsibility, gratitude, says Microsoft president"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMicrosoft President and chief legal officer Brad Smith joins CNBC’s “Closing Bell” to discuss Microsoft pledge of $500 million to tackle Seattle’s housing crisis. The pledge is the largest in the company\u2019s 44-year history, and, according to the company, is one of the heftiest contributions by a private corporation to housing. The initiative comes as Microsoft and other tech giants that have driven the region\u2019s economic boom face increasing pressure to help mitigate affordable-housing shortages.
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\nSource : cnbc.com
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Microsoft President and chief legal officer Brad Smith joins CNBC’s “Closing Bell” to discuss Microsoft...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qOi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112506,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-set-to-issue-housing-revolution-pledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":103062,"position":0},"title":"Labour set to issue \u2018housing revolution\u2019 pledge","date":"November 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Jeremy Corbyn eyes target of 150,000 new homes a year by end of next parliament\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...Labour set to issue \u2018housing revolution\u2019 pledge","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":89716,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mays-2bn-housing-pledge-not-enough-say-tory-council-leaders\/","url_meta":{"origin":103062,"position":1},"title":"May's \u00a32bn housing pledge not enough, say Tory council leaders","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Poll finds overwhelming majority want low-cost rented homes to form part of solutionTheresa May is facing pressure from Conservative council leaders to invest more in low-cost rented homes, amid growing concern at local authority level that not enough is being done to fix Britain\u2019s housing crisis.The prime minister promised\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":126906,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/henderson-land-says-john-lees-pledge-to-speed-up-housing-and-land-supply-will-benefit-homebuyers-the-government-and-developers\/","url_meta":{"origin":103062,"position":2},"title":"Henderson Land says John Lee\u2019s pledge to speed up housing and land supply will benefit homebuyers, the government and developers","date":"June 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \u201cWe agree that Hong Kong should boost the supply of land in both quantity and quality, as mentioned by chief executive-elect John Lee,\u201d Martin Lee Ka-shing, Henderson Land\u2019s co-chairman and Lee Shau-kee\u2019s younger son, said at an annual general meeting held on Wednesday.\r \r Source : South China Morning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48650,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-adds-national-pledge-to-curb-housing-prices-in-government-work-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":103062,"position":3},"title":"China adds national pledge to curb housing prices in government work report","date":"March 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Chinese central government has added a new line in the final version of its annual work report, pledging to curb surging property prices in big cities, as home prices in central Beijing rise to levels on par with Hong Kong. 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