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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” In their research, Monkkonen and his colleagues evaluated California’s 2017 and 2018 reforms to address issues in the state’s “fair share” system. “Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.

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Defining Community Engagement, Public Participation, Civic Engagement and More

Social Pinpoint

It includes: Sharing information and providing updates; Seeking feedback and gathering input; Dialogue and deliberation.” – City of Casey, Community Engagement Policy, 2020 With community engagement, there is a greater emphasis on a two-way dialogue or process. This article was originally published in 2017.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

STAND WITH US poster by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on trash receptacle along Broadway between West 45th and West 46th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography I happened to notice a sticker on the can, promoting contacting the TSA when people see problems. Times Square in 2017.

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, this can be hard to discern at times due to inflation and property values benefitting from continuing expenditures to maintain them, and especially during strongly price-appreciating markets (such as the pandemic-distorted years of 2020 and 2021); nevertheless, it is true over the long-term. ” [link]. [9] ” [link].

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