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.
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 …
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 ...
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 ...
Who Will Pay America’s $1.5 Billion Recycling Bill? - Next City
WEBFeb 9, 2015 · A small group of environmental advocates, though, has been pushing hard for a different model, one already popular in Europe. This model of “extended producer responsibility,” or EPR, would shift the costs of recycling from municipal governments onto producers — the companies that make the products we buy.Packaging, after all — the paper, plastic and metal that contains our food and ...
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 ...
Why, and How, Kids Should Walk or Bike to School - Next City
WEBAug 27, 2019 · At an individual level, walking and biking can boost students’ health, physical activity, and even their concentration in school. If more students walked or biked to school, there could also be meaningful benefits in terms of environmental health and student safety. The more students who walk or bike, the less cars on the road around schools ...
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.
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
WEBSep 1, 2022 · Now they can analyze where success stories are real. In this episode of the podcast, Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talks with correspondent Gregory Scruggs about his reporting on a count that puts the world’s total number of cities at 10,000. Plus, we delve into his coverage of how new satellite imagery makes understanding ...
As Fare-Free Transit Catches On, Checking In On 5 Cities With Free ...
WEBSep 21, 2022 · Alexandria: More money, more (free) buses. Meet the small city (pop <160K) that has it all: free fares and frequent service. Like many cities, Alexandria, Virginia, suspended fares on its DASH bus lines in the early days of the pandemic — fares were bringing in $4 million versus the $23 million cost of DASH in 2020. As of September 2021, DASH officially went fare-free.