Sun.Mar 10, 2024

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Navigating the Tradeoffs of Good Cause Eviction

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

As lawmakers in Albany debate how to fix New York’s housing affordability crisis, a new research brief by the NYU Furman Center examines the possible effects of how a good cause eviction requirement might affect tenants, landlords, and the housing market. The paper also analyzes good cause legislation in other cities and states to help policymakers consider how to balance anticipated tradeoffs.

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Designing spaces (sticky spaces) for use, flexibility: park benches, picnic tables

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

See the Boston Globe article, " 'Sticky' places are urban planning lifelines." From the Guardian article " The power of the picnic bench ": A picnic table, meanwhile, can be the place for a meeting, a spot to host a party, or even just somewhere to eat your lunch with relative ease and comfort. More than this, they can involve a community in their space and give them a personal stake in it.