Building Better Cities - Urban Transportation and Housing News
WEBUpcoming Event. September 17, 2024 1:00pm EASTERN. This session will explore the contributions and impact that immigrant workers make in building and fixing our cities, the biggest labor and human rights issues facing this workforce and the business structures unique to the building and construction industry that perpetuate these conditions.
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 ...
Infrastructure - Next City
WEBNext City covers how we adapt our infrastructure to match new realities in cities and create the future our country and planet needs. Infrastructure encompasses the nuts and bolts of what makes a city function: the roads, bridges, tracks, and parking that support the ways we move around town; the utilities that transport and supply water, power and heat to buildings; how waste is collected ...
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 …
Stories tagged ‘Urban Planning’ - Next City
WEBMetro Boston to Get More Creative with City Planning. Follow top urban news headlines and discover how cities can be reimagined as truly inclusive. Next City publishes stories on solutions to pressing urban issues.
History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
WEB1964. The term “gentrification” is coined by Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class – upper and lower …. Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the working class occupiers are displaced and the whole social ...
Giving Underserved Youths a Chance to Succeed Through Better …
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · Each year, an estimated 13 million students receive more than $120 billion in federal aid to pursue a college or technical-career education. And each year, an estimated $24 billion is left unclaimed. Oakland, Calif., is working to address this gap and other barriers to college affordability. Only 30 percent of Oakland high school graduates ...
How Five U.S. Cities Built 335 Miles of Bike Lanes in 24 Months
WEBAug 24, 2022 · City Thread was born out of a proof-of-concept pilot project called The Final Mile, through which five U.S. cities built 335 miles of new bike lanes in only 24 months. That’s a full 25 years earlier than expected, according to their estimates. “It takes over a decade in the U.S. to build a complete and safe infrastructure,” Studdard says.
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 (PESP) the estimate of 1.6 million housing units ...
In Brooklyn, America’s Gentrification Epicenter, Building On A …
WEBNov 9, 2022 · When New York City emerged as the country’s first epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, community advocates in Brooklyn, the city borough seen by many as “the poster-child for gentrification in America ,” needed to revise their response to their communities amid a new housing emergency. While …
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