The Harlem Playground Co-Designed by Public Housing Residents
Oct 11, 2024 · A community’s vision sprouts to life. Sprout was funded by a $30,000 payment from the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety’s participatory budgeting initiative, which called for using space activation to enhance public safety. MAP began in 2014 as an effort to reduce crime across 30 of the New York City Housing Authority’s developments, working with neighborhood groups of ...
The Private Pilots Flying Abortion Seekers Across the Midwest
Sep 9, 2024 · In the fall of 2022, Mike climbed into the pilot’s seat with an idea. For the past few months, the private pilot had been volunteering with the Illinois-based Midwest Access Coalition, an abortion support fund that he’d come across in his post-George Floyd anti-racism journey. “I thought, there’s gotta be people out there helping people travel for abortions, because it’s not like ...
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Gentrification Isn’t Just Happening in Cities. It’s Also Happening in ...
Sep 30, 2024 · Gentrification Isn’t Just Happening in Cities. It’s Also Happening in America’s Suburbs. In “The Right to Suburbia,” Willow S. Lung-Amam details who’s benefitting from redevelopment in Washington, D.C.’s suburbs – and who’s being pushed out.
Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
Mar 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 ...
Reckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal …
Oct 23, 2024 · Next City Event: Reckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal Prepares Us for This Moment 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.
There Are 10,000 Cities on Planet Earth. Half Didn’t Exist 40 Years …
Feb 12, 2020 · “Towns are misunderstood orphans that were lost in translation,” says Dijkstra. While “town” versus “city” is a clearly understood distinction in English, he says that Dutch, French, German, and Spanish all lack an equivalent term.
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
Jun 30, 2020 · As the economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis play out in cities across the country, finding affordable housing is becoming even more exacerbated.. A recent study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) found that nearly 20.8 million renter households in the U.S. — or 47.5 percent of renters — are “cost-burdened,” meaning that they spend more than 30 ...
History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
1993. Under the influence of real estate industry lobbyists, New York State legislators pass into law several loopholes, including one that allows NYC landlords to flip rent-stabilized apartments into market-rate apartments by gradually increasing the rent each time a tenant moves out until the rent hits a certain threshold, upon which the apartment loses rent-stabilized status.
These Social Housing Projects Around the World Can Inspire …
Oct 7, 2024 · With the nation in the midst of a seemingly intractable affordable housing crisis, new possibilities are becoming visible. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a number of policies to make homes more affordable, including the potential to construct over three million new housing units in her first term should she be elected.
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