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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

. “Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. For example, in the 2014 planning cycle, the statewide target for housing growth was one million units. The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.

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