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WEBReckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal Prepares Us for This Moment. October 23, 2024 – October 23, 2024 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET. In honor of its 20th anniversary, this webinar will revisit Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s book Root Shock to reckon with the past and reimagine how to support communities facing displacement today.
Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States—more than 40 percent—could be owned by corporate investors. According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project …
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
WEBJun 30, 2020 · Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to affordable housing …
Urbanist News - Top Stories and In-Depth Features from Next City
WEBUrbanist News. Next City goes beyond pithy headlines and sound bites, publishing original, in-depth features on urbanist news issues critical to our shared future. Our daily stories and in-depth feature articles, written by journalists from around the globe, span a wide range of topics, from transportation and infrastructure, to affordable ...
Paul McKee’s Vision for North St. Louis Is Actually a Big, Powerful ...
WEBOct 3, 2013 · Reading Tim Logan’s Forefront story on the lifespan of the massive NorthSide Regeneration project in St. Louis, one is reminded of how long the effort has persisted. While acquisition did not start until 2003, developer Paul J. McKee, Jr. has said that the idea for NorthSide is older than that. To some, the lack of development so far indicates a …
Here’s How American Cities Can Learn From Italian Piazzas - Next …
WEBApr 16, 2015 · Designed by California architect Richard Meier in the early 2000s and opened to the public in the fall of 2005, the vision for the $382 million complex included a public plaza that aspired to serve as a new Agora for the Silicon Valley. When confronted with the project’s task, Meier looked once again to Italy.
Tiny House ‘Villages’ for People Experiencing Homelessness …
WEBJan 26, 2021 · The project is called Eden Village, a community of 32 tiny homes in Wilmington for people who have experienced homelessness for at least one year and who have a physical or mental disability. The village, gated and pedestrian-only, is being built on a four-acre site adjacent to a planned Salvation Army complex, Dalton says.
Want Safer Streets for Everyone? Narrow the Lanes. - Next City
WEBNov 28, 2023 · Turns out, wider lanes don’t make for safer streets. In a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a team of researchers found that the opposite is actually true: Narrowing lanes at certain speeds could save lives. The study came from a simple observation, says lead researcher Shima Hamidi, a transportation …
Why Community-Owned Grocery Stores Are the Best Recipe for …
WEBSep 13, 2019 · Their model, in which a third of the cost of opening typically comes from member loans, ensures communities are literally invested in their new stores and their use. The Mandela Co-op, which opened in a West Oakland, California, food desert in 2009, is a great example of this. The worker-owned grocery store focuses on purchasing from …
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
WEBSep 1, 2022 · Now they can analyze where success stories are real. In this episode of the podcast, Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talks with correspondent Gregory Scruggs about his reporting on a count that puts the world’s total number of cities at 10,000. Plus, we delve into his coverage of how new satellite imagery makes understanding ...